A Kolkata court acquitted Raja Paik after eight years of imprisonment for the murder of Chiranjib Gupta, citing critical lapses in the police investigation. Judge Surajit Mandal highlighted the failure to conduct forensic testing on key evidence like the bloodstained pillow and a cotton belt, the alleged murder weapons.
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