to a private hospital, It also took three years for the police to arrest Paltan Mallah, the assassin of Niyogi. Moreover, by appointing an investigation team headed by B B S Thakur. additional SP, Durg. whom the CMM had earlier accused of partisanship, and under the overall supervision of A N Singh, DIG, whom Niyogi, in an audiotaped conversation, had named as one whom he suspected of attacking him, the government clearly revealed its partisanship.