Kolkata, Jun 26 A city court on Friday remanded to police custody Kalicharan Bandyopadhyay, former Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to erstwhile Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim, in connection with a warehouse collapse in the city that left 15 people dead.
The Alipore Court judge before whom the accused was produced, remanded Bandopadhyay to police custody till July 4 on the prayer of the prosecution.
He was arrested on Thursday, within hours of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari making certain remarks in the West Bengal Assembly against an individual, apparently referring to the former OSD.
Bandyopadhyay, better known by his nickname 'Kali', was arrested by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to probe the collapse of the warehouse under construction in Taratala area on Wednesday.
Special public prosecutor Sourin Ghosal stated before the court that Bandopadhyay was directly involved in the grant of the construction license for the warehouse.
He sought police custody of the accused for investigation into the case and for finding out who was at the helm of an alleged racket for the grant of license from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) of which the accused was a part.
