India, Dec. 10 -- The family of Swapan Kamilya, a jewellery shop owner found murdered in the New Town area near Kolkata on October 29, is being threatened and pressured to withdraw the complaint, a special public prosecutor told a North 24 Parganas district court in West Bengal on Tuesday.

A community block development officer (BDO) has been identified by police as the prime accused in the murder case.

"I told the court that members of the victim's family, who are currently in Odisha, are getting threat calls. They are being pressured to withdraw their police complaint. The callers said they will never be able to return to Bengal," special public prosecutor Bibhas Chatterjee said.

The court was hearing the bail prayer of one of the fiv...