The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday set up an independent investigation team to probe the unnatural death of IIT-Kharagpur student Faizan Ahmed. Justice Rajasekhar Mantha who is hearing the case set up the team after the second post-mortem of the third-year Mechanical Engineering student showed evidence of homicide. The court directed that charges under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) be added.
“This Court, considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case and the new evidence in the second post mortem report, is inclined to replace the existing Investigating Officer [IO] in the matter with an independent team. This Court directs the appointment of K. Jayaraman, IPS ADG Headquarters, West Bengal to lead the investigation in the matter,” the order said.
Justice Mantha said that Mr. Jayaraman will be assisted by Susanta Dhar, a retired senior officer of the Homicide Division of Kolkata Police. The order stated that Kaushik Basak, currently Officer-in-Charge (OC), Homicide, of West Bengal CID will be the new IO who shall function under the supervision and guidance of Mr. Jayaraman.
