India, Sept. 9 -- The Calcutta high court on Monday questioned the role of the police officer who initially investigated the alleged murder of two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in East Midnapore district on July 12, lawyers who attended the hearing said.

"The division bench of justices Debangsu Basak and Md Shabbar Rashidi had earlier ordered the state to collect phone call records of the suspects named in the FIR and people involved in the investigation. After going through the preliminary call records submitted on Monday, the bench asked why the doctor who conducted the first post mortem examination was called up by the investigating officer (IO) several times before and after the autopsy," a lawyer said, requesting anonymity. ...