HC orders probe against Trinamool minister
KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Wednesday directed the Murshidabad police super to investigate a complaint against Trinamool minister Humayun Kabir for allegedly threatening to bump off a former colleague.
Justice Dipanka Dutta, who was hearing a petition filed by Santu Singh alleging police inaction on his complaint against Kabir, also asked the SP to provide security to the petitioner saying the officer would be held responsible if anything happened to him.
Kabir, a former Adhir Chowdhury (MoS Railways) loyalist, quit Congress and joined Trinamool last November and was immediately made the minister of state for animal resources development. He is now seeking re-election from Murshidabad's Rezinagar where Assembly bypolls are slated on February 23.
Singh is a cashier in a Berhampore-based company, Aroma Enterprises, in which Kabir worked as a supervisor till mid-2012. Adhir Chowdhury is the patron of the firm. Sinha claims Kabir was furious with him for filing a police complaint against him for financial irregularities during his tenure as supervisor. On December 23, the minister allegedly called up to pressurize him into withdrawing the complaint. The call was recorded.
Singh filed a complaint with Berhampore police station the same day. In January, he moved the high court seeking an impartial probe by the CBI into his complaint. The court then directed him to provide adequate proof to corroborate his charges. On Wednesday, Singh produced in court call details and CDs with voice recordings of the conversation.
Speaking to ToI earlier, Kabir had admitted calling up Sinha but only to ask him to pay Rs 5 lakh to a brick-kiln owner. The minister had also claimed that Aroma owed him Rs 1.03 crore as remuneration for his services, but had cleared only Rs 20 lakh. He also alleged that on November 1, Sinha had threatened him. But unlike Sinha, he hadn't recorded the conversation.
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