12 Panagarh: A Durgapur court on Sunday rejected the bail plea of Bablu Yadav (37), the motor parts scrap trader arrested in connection with the death of Sutandra Chatterjee after a high-speed chase on NH 19 in Panagarh. He has been remanded in jail custody for the next four days. The court disagreed with Yadav's contention that he cannot be booked for culpable homicide because Chatterjee's car, which met with an accident while going over 100 kmph, was being driven by another person.
The police on Saturday took Yadav to the spot to reconstruct the scene. According to sources, Yadav maintained he was slightly tired while returning from Burdwan Medical College Hospital after admitting an employee and his vehicle grazed Chatterjee's car. He claimed it was her vehicle which chased his, tried to stop it, missed a lane on old GT Road and met with an accident. Police said Yadav's SUV papers and documents have been seized. Yadav's lawyer Sajal Saha said he will be produced in court on March 6.
Chatterjee's mother Tanushree on Saturday lodged a complaint at Chandernagore PS, blaming the drivers of both vehicles — including Rajdeo Singh, who drove her family car — for the accident. On Sunday, Tanushree said, "I have sent a lawyer to the Kanksa PS to understand which penal sections have been added in the FIR. If need be, I will move Calcutta High Court."
Saha said it was Singh who sped up the car so much that he lost control.