HC orders transfer of Burdwan University case to Lalbazar DD
Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, after reviewing the investigation report submitted to the court, found that a portion of the misappropriated money was returned to the persons from whom it was seized. They had also been made witnesses. Justice Ghosh observed that he was "unable to understand" the manner in which the gravity of the offence was being dealt with.
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