Prior to this, Bose was also in charge of the Chota Angaria massacre in Midnapore and instrumental in submitting a chargesheet against Tapan Ghosh and Sukur Ali — both CPI(M) stalwarts of West Midnapore. Until their arrest in November 2007 near Nandigram, Ghosh and Ali eluded the CBI since the massacre on January 4, 2001, in which seven persons were burnt to death in Chota Angaria.

Now, some members of the CPI(M) are raising allegations against Bose. “We have information that Partha Sarathi Bose, the arrested officer, deliberately worked against us and through wrong investigation arrested and chargesheeted our leaders. Tapasi Malik was pregnant, a fact which was ignored in the investigations by the corrupt officer,” said CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member Shyamal Chakraborty.

Another CPI(M) MP, Rupchand Pal, went a step further alleging, “The officer used to extort money from businessmen in Singur threatening that he would involve them in the case”.

Invoking another controversial case, Chakraborty added, “We still fail to understand why in the Rizwanur case, despite the postmortem report confirming the death as suicide, the CBI had started a case of murder. Why was Trinamool Congress MLA Javed Khan spared though his name was on the so-called suicide note.”

In fact, the party has even urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure that Bose is not let off easily, accusing the officer of being an “opposition man”. The CPI(M) has not only had initiated taking out rallies against the officer and the agency throughout the state, but has also has geared up its legal cell to question the investigations and its results.

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