CID records Priyanka's statement
Saturday, 29 September 2007
Calcutta, India September 29: Priyanka, the wife of graphic designer, Rizwanur Rehman, whose body was found near a railway track on Saturday last, told the CID today that she had wanted to stay with her husband.
Priyanka told a CID team that she was in South India when her husband Rehman died and learnt about his death only after returning to Calcutta, Director General of Police (CID) Bhupinder Singh told reporters here.
She also did not speak against her family or the police, he said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee yesterday ordered a judicial probe into mysterious death of Rehman,
who was allegedly threatened by two senior police officials for marrying Priyanka, a Hindu girl.
On her condition, Singh said: "She is traumatised at present and not in a position to be interrogated. We have recorded what she has said. We didn't cross examine her. She will be examined later."
Asked whether she was pressurised by the police or her family to part with her husband, Singh said, "She only spoke about her relationship with Rehman and said she wanted to stay with him."
"We find both the statement, Rizwan gave to a human rights organisation and Priyanka's corroborate each other," he said.
Priyanka's uncle Pradip Todi was also questioned by the CID at Bhawani Bhawan today.
"There are some discrepancies between the statements of Priyanka's father Ashok Todi and her uncle. We are examining the statements and if needed we will call them again," Singh said.
PTI
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