KOLKATA: The special investigation team probing fake vaccination camps has arrested the owner of the office space from where Debanjan Deb operated a fake KMC office. The fake vaccination camp was also held there.
Ashok Kumar Roy, who had rented out the property in Kasba’s Rajdanga to Deb for Rs 65,000 a month, was arrested from his Birati residence and produced at the Alipore court on Thursday. Roy is the seventh person to be arrested in the case.
Investigators said Roy played a crucial role in getting the fake raid conducted on a petrol pump in Kasba earlier this year. During this raid, Deb had claimed he was a KMC vigilance officer. Roy had also arranged for 50 friends and relatives to get ‘vaccinated’ at the camp organised by Deb.
“We are trying to find out how much Roy was aware of Deb’s activities. Susanta Das, one of Deb’s accomplices arrested earlier, had worked with Roy in the past. It was through Das that the office lease was finalized,” said an investigating officer.
The cops are likely to question Deb and Roy in the presence of Das. Deb’s cousin Kanchan is also likely to be present in the questioning.
“Deb’s employees have told us that Kanchan joined the office about six month ago. He rarely spoke to anyone. Deb had told his office staff that Kanchan was an officer from the I&CA department. The only time Kanchan stepped out of his room was to speak to Deb and rarely spoke on phone in others’ presence,” said a police source.
