West Bengal government today filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court challenging a Berhampore court order granting reprieve to Union Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in a murder case.
The petition was filed on behalf of the state government by counsel Rajdeep Majumdar.
Chowdhury had moved the Berhampore court praying that he not be arrested till the hearing of his bail petition which was granted.
A non-bailable arrest warrant was issued against Chowdhury by additional chief judicial magistrate court on September 27 for alleged conspiracy in the murder of Trinamool Congress worker Kamal Sheikh in Golbazar area of Murshidabad district in 2011.
