According to police, during questioning, the arrested persons confessed their crime, stating they killed them on suspicion of witchcraft by a woman- one of the victims.
The police have also recovered two .30 calibre pistols and one .32 caliber pistol along with 10 cartridges from his possession.
On April 13, it has been 103 years since the horrific Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. Oftentimes, the incident has made it to the movies with Sardar Udham and Rang De Basanti being the prominent ones.
The bench had on March 25 ordered that the probe into the March 21 violence at Bogtui be handed over to CBI from the West Bengal government-appointed special investigation team.
The U.N. General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the world organization’s leading human rights body over allegations of horrific rights violations by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, which the United States and Ukraine have called tantamount to war crimes.
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.
In addition to sanctions aimed at Putin’s adult daughters, Mariya Putina and Katerina Tikhonova, the U.S. is targeting Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin; the wife and children of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov; and members of Russia’s Security Council, including Dmitry Medvedev, a former president and prime minister.
The External Affairs minister said that the conflict in Ukraine has had significant consequences for the global economy and for India's economy.
Thanking Zelenskyy’s participation at the meeting, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said “recent reports of civilian killings in Bucha are deeply disturbing. We unequivocally condemn these killings and support the call for an independent investigation.”
During the assessments, one psychologist will be present to note their body language as well as facing expressions, which will be treated as evidence.
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.
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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, describing the killings in Birbhum a day before, as “heinous”, said the culprits should not be forgiven.
The union threatened to take their agitation beyond the district and the state if their demand for repeal of AFSPA and justice in the killing was not heeded by the end of the mourning period on December 13.
NHRC took suo motu cognisance on the killing of civilians in Nagaland and issued notice to the Defence Secretary, the Union Home Secretary, and the Chief Secretary, and Director General of Police of Nagaland.
While demanding the repeal of AFSPA, Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio, and Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma, whose parties are part of BJP-led NDA, alleged that it was a draconian measure that allows the Army to arrest anybody without a warrant and kill without any accountability.
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