Kolkata, Dec 16 (NationPress) The Calcutta High Court has put a lower court under the spotlight as of Tuesday for allowing anticipatory bail to Prashant Barman, the Block Development Officer (BDO) of Rajganj in West Bengal. He is implicated in the shocking murder of a gold trader from Duttabad in Kolkata's Salt Lake area.

BDO Prashant stands accused of the kidnapping and murder of Swapan Kamilya, a gold trader.

Despite these serious allegations, the Barasat Court granted him anticipatory bail.

The Bidhannagar Police have contested this decision in the High Court.

Concerns were raised that the BDO secured his anticipatory bail using forged documents.

During the proceedings on Tuesday, the public prosecutor from the lower court faced intense questioning from the High Court.

The High Court expressed astonishment at how the Additional District Judge approved bail for the BDO based on the prosecutor's claims, even though the case diary was readily available.

During the hearing presided over by Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, Prashant's attorney was also interrogated.

In response, Prashant's lawyer questioned why the police pursued a bail cancellation case instead of filing for the cancellation of the anticipatory bail initially.

After this rigorous questioning, the Calcutta High Court instructed the BDO's lawyer to present a statement in affidavit form by the upcoming Friday.

The next hearing has been scheduled for that day.

On October 28, gold trader Swapan Kamilya was abducted from a gold shop in Duttabad, transported in a vehicle with a blue beacon, in relation to the theft of gold jewelry.

Upon filing a missing person's report at the Bidhannagar South Police Station, the family discovered that a body had been located in the Jatragachi area of New Town.

The deceased's family identified the body after viewing Swapan's photograph.

A case was subsequently filed against the assailants under the sections pertaining to kidnapping and murder.

The victim's family has accused BDO Prashant Barman of orchestrating the murder, alleging his direct involvement in the kidnapping and killing.

In connection with this case, the Bidhannagar Police have apprehended five individuals, including the BDO's driver Raju Dhali, his close friend Tufan Thapa, and Sajal Sarkar, a leader in Cooch Behar Trinamool, along with his brother Vivekananda Sarkar.

Allegations indicate that after the murder, there was an attempt to dispose of the trader's body using a government vehicle with a blue beacon.

This has raised significant questions about the BDO's involvement from the outset.

The police have already confiscated the government vehicle linked to the alleged removal of the gold trader's body.