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Suvendu aide murder: No arrest yet, probe hinges on survivor’s testimony

The Indian Express·Sweety Kumari·22 days ago
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The probe into the murder of Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath remains unresolved four days after the attack. (File Photo) Four days since the murder of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant Chandranath Rath and police are yet to make any arrest, with the ongoing probe hinging on the testimony of the 33-year-old survivor in the car. While the Special Investigation Team (SIT) claims to have identified several suspects and questioned seven individuals, there hasn’t been any major breakthrough yet, officials said, citing the “fragile mental health” of their witness and the need to maintain the “integrity of a high-stake probe”. According to officials, the investigation now largely hinges on Montu Mondal, a resident of Barasat, who survived the attack on Wednesday by a stroke of logistical luck. According to his brother, a lawyer named Jhantu, Mondal’s habit of sitting in the rear left of the SUV and not in the middle where files were kept rendered him “invisible” to the shooters.…

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