Suvendu aide killing: WB Police recover second two-wheeler used in crime, SIT visits UP

KOLKATA, May 8: Investigators on Friday recovered the second motorcycle allegedly used in the murder of Chandranath Rath, a close aide of senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, even as the West Bengal Police intensified search for a car suspected to have been used in the crime, a senior officer said.
A seven-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed on Thursday with officers from the state CID, Intelligence Branch (IB) and the Bengal STF to probe the murder, left for Uttar Pradesh to “collect technical and field-level evidence” in the case, he said without giving any further details.
The second motorcycle, allegedly used in the crime, was seized near Rail Gate No. 11 in Barasat, around 6 km from the North 24 Parganas district’s Madhyamgram, where Adhikari’s personal assistant was shot dead on Wednesday night, the officer said.Investigators had seized another motorcycle from near Gate No. 2.5 of the Kolkata airport area.
However, the police found that the registration number plate of that two-wheeler was fake.The investigators were now examining whether the number plate and engine number of the second motorcycle were genuine, the officer said.The police suspect the four-wheeler, believed to be red in colour, might have carried seven to eight people, who were involved in the crime, and could be registered outside West Bengal.
The police had earlier seized another car near the crime spot in Madhyamgram. The number plate attached to that four-wheeler was also found to be fake. The original one belongs to a person based in Siliguri, who works in a tea estate.“The person in Siliguri had posted an advertisement for the sale of his car on a website.”
“He claimed to have received a call from a prospective buyer based in Uttar Pradesh. There could be a link to UP,” the officer said.In Uttar Pradesh, the team will “collect technical and field-level evidence”, he said, . (PTI)