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CBI Arrests Absconding Accused Amit Das in 2021 Kolkata Post-Poll Murder Case

He will be produced before the trial court, with the multi-year probe naming 38 accused still underway.

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Overview

  • The CBI said it arrested Amit Das, who was named in its chargesheet, after concerted efforts based on source information and technical inputs.
  • The case concerns the May 2, 2021 killing of BJP worker Avijit Sarkar in Kolkata following the West Bengal Assembly election results.
  • The agency took over the investigation on August 25, 2021 after a Calcutta High Court order and filed a chargesheet on September 30, 2021 against 20 people.
  • A supplementary chargesheet filed in 2025 added 18 more accused, including TMC MLA Paresh Paul and Kolkata Municipal Corporation councillors Swapan Samaddar and Papiya Ghosh.
  • The latest filings also name former Narkeldanga police officers Subhojit Sen and Ratna Sarkar as accused, and the CBI said the investigation remains ongoing.