Hummingbird News Desk
KRISHNAGAR, 7 SEP: The CBI officials, who are conducting probe into the post-poll violence at Chapra in Nadia, submitted a prayer before the chief judicial magistrate court in Krishnagar, today, seeking police custody of two Trinamul men who surrendered before the court on 31 August in connection with the murder of one BJP worker Dharma Mandal at Hridaypur in Chapra on 14 May.
The CBI officials sought the accused in their custody for seven days before the court, but the magistrate on hearing pleas remanded the duo in CBI custody for three days. The both accused will again be produced on 10 September, said Mahadeb Mandal, additional public prosecutor.
One Kalu Sheikh and Bijay Biswas, both are Trinamul Congress workers had surrendered before the court on 31 August when the CBI had already started a probe into the murder case.
In this case, the Chapra police had submitted a chargesheet against 23 people while they arrested eight persons. Later, the CBI took over the charge to conduct investigation and they re-registered the case and started reinvestigation. They arrested two persons and five persons have surrendered before the court so far, said Tamij Uddin Sheikh, a defence lawyer.
Among the surrendered persons, the CBI officials today appealed before the court seeking one Kalu Sheikh and Vivas Biswas in their custody, said Mr Tamij Uddin.
During the arrest the CBI officials had faced stiff resistance from the villagers as they were carrying out searches at various locations. The angered villagers had thrown mud before the officials and ransacked one of their vehicles. They also punctured the tyres of the vehicle. Later, Chapra police and CRPF jawans on hearing the incident reached the site and rescued the CBI officials.
A day after this incident, panic spread in the locality and among the persons who are hiding since the incident occurred; one Bijay Ghosh and Ashima Ghosh, both are TMC panchayat members of Hridaypur gram panchayat surrendered before the court.
Mandal was brutally attacked by a group of local residents on 14 May and he succumbed to his injuries on 16 May in a Kolkata hospital.
Tags: #CBI #Chapra #DharmaMandalMurderCase #Hridaypur
