After 15 days in jail, accused sent to cop custody till Aug 8
This is the first time in any lower court in Kolkata that any accused under BNS was sent to cop custody after spending over two weeks in judicial custody, public prosecutor Sourin Ghosal said.
Kolkata Police produced four accused at the court from judicial custody and requested cop custody for the three main accused — Monojit Mishra, Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukherjee — till Aug 8, and security guard Pinaki Mukherjee till Aug 9. "We have found that the reports are not in accordance with our forensic findings. This is why we need to question the accused yet again," Ghoshal informed court. Cops also claimed in court that the statement of main accused did not match forensic reports.
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The development came amid prime accused Mishra seeking bail for the first time. Mukherjee also moved court and sought bail. The order was initially reserved for several hours for the second consecutive day of hearing.
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