•On September 8, Priyanka returned to her parents’ home. When Rizwanur tried to contact her again, he found that the house was locked. He began doing the rounds of lawyers and the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR), a local human-rights group.

•On September 21, Rizwanur left his home early saying he was going to meet the lawyer. According to phone records, at 10.10 am, he called Sujato Bhadra, APDR’s chief, seeking legal advice. At 10.28 am, he called a Calcutta High Court lawyer Nabaneel Dey.

•At around 11 am, police said, they found his mutilated body from the tracks between Bidhan Nagar and Dum Dum stations after a local train driver reported that he had hit a “youth in the way.”

The case has kicked off a political storm with Opposition leader Mamata Banerjee alleging that the Ashok Todi “pulled strings” to intervene in the case and the Government should probe the police role in the case.

Ashok Todi, who met the CID today, said: “Our family has been on a pilgrimage. I am here to cooperate with the investigation. Priyanka is at home.”

“The situation was fast getting volatile and slipping out of our control,” said a Home Department official. For instance, hours before the CM’s announcement, Sports Minister and perpetual rebel in the government Subhash Chakraborty said: “For the sake of transparency and credibility, the accused police officers should have been removed first before initiating any inquiry. What the police did by intimidating two adult persons to dissolve their marriage, is unconstitutional and unjust.”

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