New twist to skeleton recovery case in Tripura From Our Correspondent AGARTALA, Dec 12 – In a new twist to the probe into the recovery of human skeleton from a septic tank of the Chief Minister’s official residence early this year, Tripura Pradesh Congress (PCC) president Samir Ranjan Barman claimed that the body of a ‘Nepali girl’ was dumped during the tenure of Manik Sarkar’s tenure only. On January 4 last, municipal sweepers while cleaning the septic tank of the old quarters of the CM’s official residence recovered a skull, nine bones and a plastic bangle giving enough indication that the remains might have belonged to a girl who was murdered and then dumped into the tank. The case was being probed into by the CID, which sent the skeletal remains to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Chandigarh for their scientific comments to identify the victim. The CSFL replied that the victim would be a girl of 13-17 years. Using anatomical and anthropological methods the CSFL also reconstructed a ‘face’. As Chief Minister Manik Sarkar was staying in the quarters since 1998, Barman claimed it was during his occupancy only the girl was ‘raped, murdered and dumped in the tank in his quarters’. He put the blame on the CM. In a further twist to the incident, Barman claimed the girl might be a Nepali girl named ‘Reena Thapa’. “I ask the question to the CM who was Reena Thapa and how her family left the state?”, said Barman. He also pointed out that CID made a public appeal seeking information about the same girl. “The CID had hoodwinked people claiming the murdered victim as ‘missing’ at the instance of CM”, claimed the PCC president. Barman said, Manik Sarkar was ‘very much’ involved in the incident and could not wash his hands off given the fact that a human skeleton was recovered from septic tank of the Chief Minister’s official residence. Most significantly, the CFSL answered six queries out of total 12. Despite court directives, the remaining queries including date of occurrence is yet to be confirmed by the CFSL. Meanwhile, the ruling CPI (M) has sharply reacted to the allegation against Chief Minister Manik Sarkar.The allegations of PCC president Samir Ranjan Barman are false and fabricated and is aimed at misleading the people. He should be arrested immediately for his desperate attempt, CPI (M) spokesman Gautam Das told reporters on Sunday. “The CID investigation is going in right direction”, he said adding State Government is maintaining transparency in handling the sensational case. Chief Secretary RK Mathur had approached the Ministry of Personnel Affairs requesting for CBI probe into the incident but the country’s premier investigating agency declined to take up the case after exploring all aspects, he said. “The CBI has recommended that CID be allowed to conduct the probe into the incident. He also indicated that the party would observe a protest rally throughout the state to counter the baseless allegations made by the PCC president