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News Desk: Former West Bengal Chief Secretary and current chief adviser to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Alapan Bandopadhyay received a death threat through a letter addressed to his wife and Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University, Sonali Chakraborty. The letter said: “Your husband will be killed, nobody can save the life of your husband”.
Kolkata Police have filed an FIR after she filed a complaint at Hare Street Police Station. The police in an official statement said “Over the complaint of Sonali Chakraborty Bandopadhyay, Hare Street PS lodged FIR, dated October 26, under section 170/419/500/506 of Indian Penal Code against unknown people”. Further investigation is underway.
Earlier, on Tuesday, Alapan Bandopadhyay moved Calcutta High Court challenging a decision to shift a case he had filed before the Central Administrative Tribunal bench in Calcutta to the principal bench of CAT in Delhi.
The Centre had served a showcause notice on Bandyopadhyay, asking why he had violated norms by “not attending a meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi” at Kalaikunda on May 28.
“Bandyopadhyay had replied that only the state government, where the IAS officer is posted, has the jurisdiction to carry out an inquiry on the officer’s conduct. But the Centre’s department of personnel and training (DoPT), the cadre-controlling authority of IAS officers, unilaterally set up an inquiry committee against Bandyopadhyay and asked him to appear before the committee in Delhi” said a source in Nabanna.
Bandyopadhyay had challenged before the CAT’s Calcutta bench the DoPT’s decision to set up the inquiry committee against him.
“But the DoPT moved the principal bench of CAT in Delhi, urging it to shift the case to the capital, which was approved unilaterally. Bandyopadhyay has challenged the decision to shift the case from the CAT bench in Calcutta to the CAT principal bench in Delhi. It is still unknown why the case is moved to Delhi even though it could easily be heard by the Calcutta bench” said a source in the administration.
The Calcutta High Court today stayed the verdict till November 2. Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharya said “Why are you in such a hurry to transfer? Can’t you give just one day? How did the chairman of CAT know that all the documents will be in Delhi? That’s not right”
