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WB govt files petition to quash local court order on Adhir

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Nov 12 2013 | 6:22 PM IST
West Bengal government today filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court challenging a Berhampore court order granting reprieve to Union Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in a murder case.
The petition was filed on behalf of the state government by counsel Rajdeep Majumdar.
Chowdhury had moved the Berhampore court praying that he not be arrested till the hearing of his bail petition which was granted.
A non-bailable arrest warrant was issued against Chowdhury by additional chief judicial magistrate court on September 27 for alleged conspiracy in the murder of Trinamool Congress worker Kamal Sheikh in Golbazar area of Murshidabad district in 2011.

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First Published: Nov 12 2013 | 6:22 PM IST

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