Nov. 2: The CID today took over the MMS case involving two students of a polytechnic college in Siliguri.

The cyber cell of the CID will help detect the origin of the MMS clip, allegedly clicked by Anindya Garai while being intimate with his girlfriend which he later circulated among friends, prompting her suicide.

“We have just received the orders. Our officers will go to Siliguri and take up the case. The next course of investigation will be decided later,” inspector-general, CID, P. Neerajnayan, told The Telegraph.

On October 18, the victim, a first year student of Siliguri Government Polytechnic, had lodged a complaint with the Siliguri police station, alleging that her boy friend Anindya, a third year student of the same college, had taken intimate and objectionable videos of them.

A case was registered under the IT act.

Ten days later, the girl committed suicide at her Pradhannagar residence. A case for abetment to suicide was registered with the Pradhannagar police station against Garai, who was arrested from Burdwan on Saturday.

D. P. Singh, the superintendent of police of Darjeeling, said: “We have been in touch with the CID from the beginning. Since they have a cyber crime cell, it would help if they take over the case.”

Preliminary investigation carried out by the district police reveals that the MMS clip was posted on a pornographic website for money. However, this is yet to be verified by the cyber-cell of the CID, the district police said.

“Anindya claimed that he had circulated the MMS clip among his friends in his college via Bluetooth. One of them must have posted the video on the Internet, Anindya has claimed,” a senior officer said.