Amid an eerie calm prevailing over the Bogtui village near Rampurhat town in West Bengal’s Birbhum district after eight people were killed in arson earlier this week, a team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reached the village on Saturday and started its investigation into the violence.
Unidentified people had on March 21 set 10 houses on fire in the village, killing at least eight people, including women and children. The CBI team, consisting of around 20 members, went inside the house where charred bodies of seven people were found.
The Calcutta High Court had on Friday handed over the investigation into the Birbhum killings to the CBI and set a deadline of April 7 to submit its progress report. Meanwhile, the political storm over the Birbhum killings continue to remain unabated, with the ruling TMC claiming that opposition leaders were indulging in “narrow-minded politics over dead bodies” and the BJP accusing the Mamata Banerjee-led party of trying to protect the perpetrators.
Latest updates in Birbhum violence:
CBI Brings Anarul Hussain, 9 Others to its camp for Questioning
The CBI has brought 10 more accused, including Anarul Hussain, to the CBI camp for questioning. Speaking to News18 earlier, Anarul had denied all the allegations against him, saying that it was a conspiracy. He claimed that had the police been more active, the arson carnage could have been avoided.
If CBI only follows BJPs directions, we’ll protest: Mamata
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the TMC would stage protests if the CBI acted as per the BJP’s instructions. “I still think there is a conspiracy behind the Rampurhat incident. The CBI took over the charge. It is a good decision, but if they will only follow BJPs directions, we are ready to protest,” she said.
CBI starts probe
A day after the Calcutta HC handed over the investigation into the Birbhum killings to the CBI and set a deadline of April 7 to submit its progress report, a CBI team reached the village and started the probe. The CBI team is said to have conducted 3D imaging. “We are starting the investigation today. We have to conduct the probe on a war-footing as we have a deadline to meet, PTI quoted a a CBI official as saying. A team of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CSFL), a unit of the CBI, also visited the gutted houses on Friday and started collecting samples.
CBI team to visit hospital today
The CBI team will be visiting the hospital today as part of its investigation and also will also visit Bataspur where some villagers are staying.
Over 50 CCTVs installed in Bogtui
Crude bombs were recovered by police on Sunday in a plastic bag near a football ground in Sikandarpur village of Birbhum district. A bomb squad team of CID was called to defuse the bombs, news agency ANI reported.
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