Senior Naxalite leader Gaur Chakraborty acquitted
West Bengal government banned Maoists in the state on June 22 in 2009. A day after the announcement, Naxalites' spokesperson Gaur Chakraborty was booked on June 23 evening from a news channel office in Kolkata's Park Street area.
On October 15 in the same year, police submitted a charge sheet against him before the Bankshall Court in Kolkata, where he was charged under section 20 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Gaur Chakraborty is the first person in West Bengal, who was charged under UAPA.
Additional Magistrate (II) of City Sessions Court, Kolkata (Bankshall Court), Kumkum Sinha on Tuesday acquitted Chakraborty for lack of evidences against him.
Reacting on the court's decision, CPI-ML (Liberation)'s state secretary Partha Ghosh told IBNS, "CPI (Maoist) leader Gaur Chakraborty released from jail after seven long years. We welcome his release from sedition charges and compensation for unlawful detention."
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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