Kolkata teen’s death: Didn’t know the victim, says Chaudhuri

KOLKATA: The family never knew the boy, neither they were aware of alcohol being served to the friends of their daughter who gathered at the parking lot of the posh

KOLKATA: The family never knew the boy, neither they were aware of alcohol being served to the friends of their daughter who gathered at the parking lot of the posh Sunny Park apartments, author Amit Chaudhuri said in a statement. When informed of the mishap, Chaudhuri rushed the victim Aabesh Dasgupta to the hospital.

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“We tried to help a young man none of us knew and feel distressed not to have succeeded in doing this,” the statement read.

Chaudhuri is a prominent contemporary Indian author in English. In 2002 he won the Sahitya Akademi award.

“Firstly, the gathering, meant to celebrate my daughter’s eighteenth birthday, had not been organised by us, but by two of her friends, and was completely unknown to my daughter until she returned home on Saturday after her tuition,” Chaudhuri wrote.

“It was a surprise, and our only condition was that, given the circumstances of mourning for her much-loved grandmother, we would prefer it if they had lunch outside,” he further added.

The author was informed by his driver at around 6.10 pm about the bleeding boy in the basement. He initially tried to get details of the boy’s parents but failed and the friend who had invited the victim had disappeared.

“I called an ambulance immediately and then decided not to wait. I put him in my car with the two young people who had been trying to help and told my driver to take him to the emergency ward of a nearby hospital. I followed in another car with my wife and daughter,” wrote Chaudhuri.

FEARING COVER-UP, VICTIM’S KIN WRITES TO COMMISSIONER

The family of Aabesh Dasgupta maintained that the teenager’s death was not an accident and expressed concern that the investigation into the case could be ‘influenced’ by the families of the suspects.

The victim’s kin has written to police commissioner Rajeev Kumar asking for a fair investigation. “We have no doubt that it is a clear case of murder but the suspects belong to influential families. Chances are high that they will try to influence the police to save their wards. We have requested the police commissioner to see that the investigation is transparent,” said Rimjhim Dasgupta, the victim’s mother.