Ranchi/Hazaribag: Jharkhand high court on Monday directed that the investigation into the death of 28-year-old advocate Anushka Chakraborty be handed over to a DSP-rank officer and sought a status report before the next hearing on Nov 2.The order was passed by the bench of Justices Rongon Mukhopadhyay during the hearing of a criminal writ petition filed by Anushka’s brother, Devjeet Chakraborty, seeking a speedy and independent probe. The petition was filed with the support of members of the Jharkhand High Court Advocates’ Association.Anushka, who practised at the HC, was found hanging in her flat in Hazaribag on Oct 22. She had been living there with her husband, businessman Kushagra Rudra, whom she had married around three years ago.Her father, Sunil Kumar Chakraborty, has lodged an FIR against Rudra and members of his family, alleging dowry-related harassment and murder. He has rejected the claim that Anushka died by suicide and alleged that she was killed after being subjected to sustained harassment by her husband and in-laws. The allegations have not been established and remain under investigation.Rudra and the other accused named in the FIR have not yet been traced, DSP Roopak Kumar Singh said.Hazaribag SP Aman Kumar has constituted an SIT under Barkagaon SDPO Amit Kumar Anand to investigate the case. Anand said, “Police teams had been dispatched to Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal to trace the accused.”The HC advocates’ association also observed a minute’s silence on Monday in memory of Anushka.
