All five accused persons in Father Martin Tete murder case were acquitted by the court of Additional Judicial Commissioner Pradeep Kumar on the ground of no substantial evidence against them. Father Martin Tete of GEl Church in Ranchi got killed in Kolkata in the year 1990 in suspicious circumstances, which were highlighted by the media also.
Five people — including businessman Roshan lal Bhatia, Anil Kumar and Tapas Chakraborty — were the accused persons while the other two persons died during the trial.
Advocate Bishwajeet Mukherjee said that his clients were accused of poisoning the father but it was not confirmed in any of the investigation reports. Whereas, the family members of Father Tete expressing dissatisfaction over courts verdict said that they will go to the upper court.