New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of Rizwanur Rehman's mother's appeal for a CBI probe into his death till October 3.
Rizwan was found dead under suspicious circumstances on September 21 and the role of the Kolkata Police is now being probed by the state CID.
Rizwan's lawyer questioned the fact that senior police officials had summoned him to the police headquarters even before any case had been lodged against him.
This has raised doubts that he may have been murdered for marrying a Hindu businessman's daughter. The two IPS officers in question Gyanwant Singh and Ajoy Kumar didn't turn up for the CID interrogation on Monday.
Rizwan was allegedly murdered after his marriage to a prominent hindu businessman's daughter, Ashok Todi. His family have accused some senior police officials of threatening him with dire consequences after he married Priyanka.
Rizwan, a teacher at a multimedia academy, was found dead on railway tracks on the outskirts of Kolkata last week. He had earlier alleged that top officers of Kolkata Police were pressuring him to end his marriage with Priyanka.
His relatives allege that the industrialist exerted his influence in the police to separate the couple. Rizwan had married 23-year-old Priyanka on August 18.
The incident has kicked up quite a furore in Kolkata, forcing the West Bengal government to order a judicial probe.
Rizwan's death had sparked off street protests in Kolkata last week with angry people taking to streets and going on an rampage.
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