Hummingbird News Desk
KOLKATA, 25 MAR: The Calcutta High Court on Friday transferred the investigation into the Birbhum massacre to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The HC has instructed the state SIT to not carry out any further investigation in the matter, refusing to stay its order. The court has ordered the CBI to submit a progress report on the next date of hearing i.e. on 7 April.
The order was passed by a Bench of Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj in a suo motu case taken up to consider the issue, Bar and Bench reported. A few PILs were also filed, seeking a probe by CBI or NIA into the killings.
Eight people, including two children, were charred to death as nearly a dozen huts were set ablaze in Bogtui villageon March 21 in a suspected fallout of the murder of a Trinamul Congress leader and ‘upa-pradhan’ (deputy chief) of the local panchayat.
The West Bengal government on Thursday submitted a preliminary report on the Birbhum violence in the HC.
On Thursday, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee visited the victims of the Birbhum violence in Rampurhat and handed over a cheque of Rs 5 lakhs to the kin of those killed in the incident. She announced that a financial aid of Rs 2 lakhs will be given for reconstructing affected houses. MC MPs including Sudip Bandopahyay, Derek O’ Brien, Mahua Moitra met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and briefed him about the probe into the incident and demanded that Bengal Governor should be removed as he was working unconstitutionally against the TMC govt.
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