Birbhum violence: Calcutta High Court hands over probe to CBI

The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the March 22 incident of Bogtui village in Birbhum district of West Bengal that lead to death of at least eight people.

The High Court, while rejecting the request made by the West Bengal government not to transfer probe, told the Mamata Banerjee-led dispensation to cooperate with CBI in the investigation..

The state government has already handed over the report of the case diary and the investigation conducted by SIT to the court.

The ASG told the High Court that if the court orders, it was ready to investigate the matter with either CBI or NIA.

Opposing the demand for NIA probe into the matter, the state government said it does not come under the NIA’s jurisdiction to investigate local issues.

The Court was apprised during the hearing that 31 CCTV cameras were installed in Bogtui village of Rampurhat, following its earlier order.

The state government Counsel had denied the allegation that the Fire department had tried to erase the evidence.

The Calcutta High Court had taken suo motu cognisance of the Birbhumi case. After two days of hearing, the Court had reserved its verdict on the matter.

As many as eight people were burnt to death in Rampurhat area of Birbhum on March 22, after a mob allegedly set houses on fire following the killing of Trinamool Congress leader Bhadu Sheikh.

Shortly after the death, violence broke out in Rampurhat, when a mob allegedly locked up 10-12 houses with the residents inside and set them on fire.

On her visit to Birbhum on Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had assured of strict action against the perpetrators of violence.

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