The CBI has named four persons as accused in its charge sheet filed in the murder of Sheikh whereas 18 people, including TMC leader Anarul Hussain, have been named in the arson case, officials said.
The four accused had fled from Bogtui to the Maharashtra capital soon after the killings, and they were apprehended from their hideout early on Thursday morning.
Dhankhar, in his letter, underlined that lawlessness and violence has skyrocketed in Bengal and asked her to meet him at the earliest.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra recently addressed a press conference. In his address, he slammed the Mamata government on the recent case of violence in Birbhum.
Facing question over Birbhum killings, Mamata Banerjee wrote to the Chief Ministers of non-BJP states, urging them to unite against BJP.
A woman who had suffered burns in the petrol bomb attack in Bogtui village in Birbhum district last week died in a hospital on Monday, raising the toll to nine. The Birbhum killings also spawned violence in Bengal’s legislature, with legislators of the ruling TMC and the BJP exchanging fisticuffs overheated arguments on the Birbhum killings, prompting the speaker to suspend five saffron party MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari.
The Birbhum killings also spawned violence in Bengal’s legislature, with legislators of the ruling TMC and the BJP exchanging fisticuffs overheated arguments on the Birbhum killings, prompting the speaker to suspend five saffron party MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari.
The saffron party, on the other hand, alleged that the TMC has lost all credibility after the March 22 incident in which women and children were among the eight victims.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers will also talk to local people in connection with the probe, he said. "We will talk to a woman and three others, who were injured in the violence and are now undergoing treatment in a hospital, to get their version.
A total of 8 people were burnt to death in Rampurhat area of WB's Birbhum on Mar 22 after a mob allegedly set houses on fire following the killing of Trinamool Congress leader Bhadu Sheikh.
The CBI case will be monitored by a Joint Director-level officer and supervised by a DIG/SP-ranked official, they said.
Eight people, including two children, were charred to death in Bogtui village of Bengal’s Birbhum district in the suspected fallout of a TMC panachayat official’s murder.
Three days after the carnage, CM visited Bogtui village, where eight people were charred to death by an armed mob on Mar 21. Mamata’s visit had two fallouts: one, the main accused was arrested by police within hours by tracing his cellphone network, two, family members of the victims had a chance to speak to CM openly.
In the latest, the Calcutta High Court has handed the Birbhum Violence case to the CBI for further investigation. The next hearing has been scheduled of April 7.
Earlier in the day, on visiting Bogtui village, the scene of Tuesday’s fire bombing and burning of eight people, Banerjee spoke with the family members of the victims and offered them permanent government jobs and funds as compensation.
The West Bengal CM also handed over a cheque of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of those killed in Birbhum violence and added financial aid of Rs 2 lakh will be given for reconstructing affected houses.
The ruling Trinamool Congress is trying to cover up the massacre by carrying out a travesty of police probe. The ‘dance of death’ was terrifying and the manner in which CM Mamata Banerjee reacted was shocking.
Security has been up in Rampurhat to ensure that no untoward incident takes place, especially because of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's visit to the area.
Suri(WB): The next of kin of three persons killed in the clash in West Bengal's Birbhum district were today given a compensation of Rs 2 lakh by the state government which also distributed relief in
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi Saturday said he has suggested to the Mamata Banerjee government to take appropriate action to address the plight of people in Makhra village of Birbhum district where a clash
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