SSB jawans free murder accused officer from Bengal police station

KOLKATA: High drama was witnessed when Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawans forcibly freed their murder accused officer from Diamond Harbour police station in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Friday. However, the SSB jawans handed over the accused commandant to the police after an intervention of top police officials. The incident occurred when Diamond Harbour police officials were preparing to take murder accused SSB commandant Deepak Kumar Singh, SSB jawan Amitabha Pramanik and cable operator Mozammel Mondal to Diamond Harbour court in connection with the murder of one Altaf Jamadar on Thursday evening during a raid in Sarisha town in the district.

Police had registered a case under Section 302 (murder) against Singh who had allegedly opened fire on Altaf when he was hit on the head with a rifle butt during a raid on Thursday evening.