West Bengal child trafficking: Arrested doctor was a BJP leader
According to reports, Dilip Ghosh also took part in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation election last year as a BJP candidate.
After being quizzed for hours at CID headquarters at Bhabani Bhaban, two city-based doctors- Dilip Ghosh and Nityananda Biswas- were arrested by the state probe agency for their involvement in a child trafficking racket.
They were produced in a Basirhat court in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday afternoon and sent to 9-day CID custody.
BJP's West Bengal unit confirmed that the accused leader has been suspended from the party.
"Salt Lake's resident doctor Dilip Ghosh, who has been arrested by CID for his alleged role in a child trafficking racket, was an invitee member of our state committee and has been suspended from our party," BJP's state president Dilip Ghosh told IBNS.
Meanwhile, protesting against Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's alleged negligence to stop child trafficking in the state, several BJP activists, led by actress-turned-BJP leader Locket Chatterjee, staged demonstration in Kolkata's satellite town Salt Lake.
Protesters reportedly burned an effigy of Mamata Banerjee there and when police tried to stop their rally, they engaged in a scuffle with the security personnel.
Earlier on Monday (Nov 21), CID busted a child trafficking racket, which was operated from one private nursing home and an NGO in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, and rescued at least 32 babies, including newborns and toddlers.
The probe agency also nabbed 18 persons, including few doctors, old-age homes' owners, nursing homes' owners and NGO administrators, in connection with the case and they all are in CID custody.
CID officials said several other doctors and privately owned nursing homes are under the probe agency's scanner as a part of this ongoing investigation.
Meanwhile, while hearing a case of baby girl missing from government-run welfare home in West Bengal's Malda district, a division bench of the Calcutta High Court, comprising of Justice Ashim Kumar Roy and Justice Malay Marut Banerjee, on Wednesday handed over the investigation to CID and directed the probe agency to either trace out the child or submit a positive action-taken report before the court by next 48 hours.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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