Molecular biologist Partha Sarathi Roy, arrested during an anti-eviction movement in West Bengal earlier this month was released on bail today. Later, Roy told a press conference at the Kolkata Press Club that he was falsely implicated. Roy said said he was arrested from Nonadanga on April eight from near a hospital and taken to the police headquarters at Lalbazar along with 68 others.He claimed that he was charged with being at Nonadanga on April four when hundreds of slum-dwellers were evicted by the police though he was 70 km away on the day attending a faculty meeting of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research at Kalyani in Nadia district where he is an assistant professor. Stating that he was present on April 8 at a rally in Nonadanga from where he was picked up, he expressed sympathy for the slum dwellers.
News On AIR | April 18, 2012 8:04 PM
Partha Sarathi released on bail