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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Lakshman caught in Mumbai hideout

Lakshman caught in Mumbai hideout

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published Published on Mar 18, 2012   modified Modified on Mar 18, 2012

-The Telegraph

Lakshman Seth, the former CPM member of Parliament blamed for much of the bloodshed in Nandigram, was arrested by a Bengal police team this afternoon while hiding in a Mumbai guesthouse along with two party colleagues.

Seth, former MLA Amiya Sahoo and East Midnapore leader Ashok Guria are the key accused in the alleged killing of six villagers during the CPM’s “recapture” of Nandigram in November 2007. Seth, entangled in many controversies, had not been seen in public for several months.

A three-member CID team picked the trio up from Shyam Nivas in Chembur, where they had been staying for the past three days, sources said. They face charges of murder, conspiracy, abduction and suppression of evidence.

The trio were produced before a court in Kurla, which granted transit remand for five days. Sources said they would be brought to Calcutta by tomorrow evening. “These three are the key conspirators and remain vital for us,” said CID deputy inspector-general K. Jayaraman.

CPM state secretary Biman Bose, who is in Delhi, said: “The law will take its own course. Several cases are now being fabricated. The party will provide them with legal assistance.”

Last July, the wives of six persons who had been missing since the Nandigram “recapture” had moved Calcutta High Court, alleging CPM supporters had killed their husbands. The court had asked the CID to investigate.

On January 30, the CID submitted a chargesheet naming Seth, Guria, Sahoo and 85 others, but 70 of the accused are still absconding.

A CID officer said: “Seth had been moving from place to place for the past one month. First we received a tip-off that he was in Tripura; later we were told he was hiding in Odisha. Then we learnt that on March 14, the trio had arrived in Mumbai from Hyderabad.”

B. Kute, an officer at Chembur police station, said: “Two days ago, a CID team arrived from Bengal and sought our help to trace the accused. Today, two officers and five constables from our police station joined the CID team and raided the guesthouse.”

Kute said the team found Seth, Guria, Sahoo and an attendant in the guesthouse. “The three (accused) were sitting in a room and didn’t try to resist arrest. They had some luggage and nothing else in the room.”

Seth, known for his strong-arm tactics in Haldia which he once lorded over, has been accused of sparking the Nandigram unrest through an out-of-turn land acquisition notice. Last year, a medical college run by his NGO in Haldia had its recognition withdrawn.

The Telegraph, 18 March, 2012, http://telegraphindia.com/1120318/jsp/frontpage/story_15264618.jsp


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