Kolkata, Feb 7 : The West Bengal Police on Tuesday faced the ire of the Calcutta High Court over the alleged lackadaisical statement recording in a mystery death case of a local BJP leader in the South 24 Parganas district of the state.

Justice Sengupta also took exception as to why the investigating officers did not do video recording of the statement of a doctor, who is a witness in the case, saying it is not clear why the video recording was not done. 

After the panchayat elections in the state last year, BJP candidate Bholanath Mondal had died under mysterious circumstances while he was under treatment at a hospital in Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas district. 

His family members alleged that the cause of death was physical assault by the ruling Trinamool Congress workers on the election day, following which he had to be hospitalised. However, the post-mortem report put the cause of death as lever-related ailments.  The family members of Mondal had then approached the Calcutta High Court challenging the content of the autopsy report.