Birbhum violence: Mamata Banerjee hands over job letters to victims' family members
2 years, 8 months ago

Birbhum violence: Mamata Banerjee hands over job letters to victims' family members

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday handed over appointment letters to 10 family members of those who were killed in Birbhum district last month. CM Mamata had earlier promised government jobs to the kin of the deceased during her visit to Bogtui village where the alleged incident took place. Charred bodies of eight people were recovered from Bogtui village in the district on March 21, hours after the alleged murder of a TMC panchayat leader, Bhadu Sheikh. On March 25, The Calcutta High Court took suo motu cognizance of the incident and directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to take over the probe.

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Mamata Banerjee offers compensation for 29 patients who died amid doctors' strike in Bengal
3 months, 1 week ago

Mamata Banerjee offers compensation for 29 patients who died amid doctors' strike in Bengal

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Friday that the state government will provide ₹2 lakh compensation to the families of 29 people who died, reportedly due to lack of treatment during the ongoing strike by junior doctors. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference amid a stalemate with protesting doctors over their slew of demands …

R.G. Kar victim doctor’s parents question Bengal CM; Not satisfied with Mamata Banerjee’s role in case
3 months, 1 week ago

R.G. Kar victim doctor’s parents question Bengal CM; Not satisfied with Mamata Banerjee’s role in case

The Hindu  

The father of the deceased trainee doctor from Kolkata's R.G. Kar Medical College said that the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, has not done any work and his family is not satisfied with her role in the case. The victim’s father on Tuesday also said that they demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation investigation due to her “unsatisfied …

West Bengal: RG Kar victim's father questions Mamata Banerjee's role in the case, says 'she hasn't done any work'
3 months, 1 week ago

West Bengal: RG Kar victim's father questions Mamata Banerjee's role in the case, says 'she hasn't done any work'

Op India  

The father of the deceased trainee doctor from Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College said that the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, has not done any work and his family is not satisfied with her role in the case. The victim’s father on Tuesday also said that they demanded a CBI investigation due to her “unsatisfied role” in the …

BJP Alleges 7 Rapes In 48 Hours In Bengal, Blames CM Mamata Banerjee
3 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP Alleges 7 Rapes In 48 Hours In Bengal, Blames CM Mamata Banerjee

ABP News  

Kolkata, Aug 30 The BJP on Friday alleged that seven rape cases have been reported from different parts of West Bengal in the last 48 hours but the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is threatening doctors over their protests on R.G. 7 rapes and in some cases murders too, reported from Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal in last 48 hours…. But in …

Kolkata rape-murder: Mamata Banerjee faces backlash for ‘threatening doctors, northeast’; CMs, BJP leaders hit back
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kolkata rape-murder: Mamata Banerjee faces backlash for ‘threatening doctors, northeast’; CMs, BJP leaders hit back

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata rape case: The Bharatiya Janata Party has hit out at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly threatening protesting doctors and northeastern states during a public rally at Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad foundation day on Wednesday. From left: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and her Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma. Speaking at …

BJP demands resignation of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
4 months, 1 week ago

BJP demands resignation of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday sought immediate resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, asserting that attempts were made to destroy the evidence in the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at R.G. At a press conference, BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said women in West Bengal under Ms. Banerjee as the Chief Minister were not feeling …

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: 'You are free to abuse me, but...', says Mamata Banerjee on protests
4 months, 1 week ago

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: 'You are free to abuse me, but...', says Mamata Banerjee on protests

India TV News  

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that her government has taken comprehensive measures in response to the brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. The victim, a second-year postgraduate trainee doctor in the chest medicine department, was found dead in …

Bangladesh violence: Mamata Banerjee offers shelter to refugees amid quota protests
5 months ago

Bangladesh violence: Mamata Banerjee offers shelter to refugees amid quota protests

India TV News  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday offered shelter to people affected by violence in Bangladesh. In the wake of the escalating violence in Bangladesh, Bengal would keep the doors of her state open for people in distress from the neighbouring country, she said. Violence escalated in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka and elsewhere over student protests demanding reforms of …

Mamata Banerjee restrained from making defamatory statements against Bengal Governor, orders Calcutta HC
5 months, 1 week ago

Mamata Banerjee restrained from making defamatory statements against Bengal Governor, orders Calcutta HC

India TV News  

The Calcutta High Court has restrained Mamata Banerjee from making defamatory statements against West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose. The judgment of the High Court has come after CV Ananda Bose moved an interim application in the defamation suit filed by him against the Chief Minister, two TMC MLAs and a Trinamool Congress leader. On Monday, Mamata Banerjee firmly stood …

Calcutta HC to hear Bengal Guv’s defamation suit against Banerjee on July 10
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta HC to hear Bengal Guv’s defamation suit against Banerjee on July 10

Hindustan Times  

Kolakata: The Calcutta high court said on Thursday that it will hear the defamation suit filed by West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose against chief minister Mamata Banerjee on July 10. Justice Krishna Rao told deputy solicitor general Dhiraj Trivedi, who appeared for the governor, to make media organisations referred to in the suit parties in the case before …

Calcutta court adjourns Bengal Governor's defamation suit against Mamata Banerjee
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta court adjourns Bengal Governor's defamation suit against Mamata Banerjee

India Today  

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose's defamation suit against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee till Thursday. Bose had filed a defamation case against Banerjee on June 28, a day after she claimed women complained to her that they were afraid to visit the Raj Bhavan because of the activities there. During …

West Bengal governor seeks white paper from CM Mamata Banerjee on State finances
5 months, 3 weeks ago

West Bengal governor seeks white paper from CM Mamata Banerjee on State finances

The Hindu  

Amid the ongoing stand-off between Raj Bhavan and West Bengal government, Governor C.V. Ananda Bose has called upon Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to table a white paper on the State’s financial situation. “Considering the grave nature of the economic scenario in the State, the Governor calls upon the Chief Minister, upon the authority vested in him under Article 167 of …

Molestation case: Bengal Guv Bose files defamation suit against Mamata Banerjee over ‘Raj Bhavan incidents’ remark
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Molestation case: Bengal Guv Bose files defamation suit against Mamata Banerjee over ‘Raj Bhavan incidents’ remark

Live Mint  

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday, June 28, filed a defamation case against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee day after she said that women complained to her saying that they were afraid to visit the Raj Bhavan because of the activities there. Mamata Banerjee's remarks came a few weeks after a contractual employee accused Governor Ananda Bose of “molestation” …

Mamata attacks BJP for ‘propaganda’ over arrest of Bengaluru Cafe blast suspects
8 months, 1 week ago

Mamata attacks BJP for ‘propaganda’ over arrest of Bengaluru Cafe blast suspects

Hindustan Times  

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party for “propaganda” following the arrest of two accused in the Bengaluru Rameswaram Cafe blast case, maintaining the state police caught them in two hours. “NIA detains two chief suspects in the Rameshwaram Cafe blast, bomber Mussavir Hussain Shazib and accomplice Abdul Matheen Ahmed Taha, from Kolkata. West …

Bloodshed has returned in Bengal politics before Lok Sabha elections, Suvendu Adhikari slams Mamata govt
9 months ago

Bloodshed has returned in Bengal politics before Lok Sabha elections, Suvendu Adhikari slams Mamata govt

India TV News  

West Bengal Lok Sabha Election 2024: Leader of Opposition in West Bengal and BJP's MLA from Nandigram has slammed the Mamata Banerjee's government saying bloodshed has returned in the state politics before Lok Sabha elections alleging that his party workers were brutally attacked by Trinamool Congress goons in Canning Purba region. Sharing a long note on social media platform X, …

'Where was BJP's fact-finding team when Manipur was burning?' Mamata Banerjee attacks
1 year, 5 months ago

'Where was BJP's fact-finding team when Manipur was burning?' Mamata Banerjee attacks

India TV News  

West Bengal: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday launched a scathing on the Bharatiya Janata Party as a BJP's fact-finding team has arrived here to probe the panchayat poll violence. Banerjee announced compensation amount Mamata Banerjee announced compensation amounts for those who lost their lives in the recent violence that erupted during the West Bengal Panchayat Polls. We will not …

Bengal On Fire; Guns Brandished, Vehicles Torched As Nearly Two Dozen Die In Violence | Top Updates
1 year, 5 months ago

Bengal On Fire; Guns Brandished, Vehicles Torched As Nearly Two Dozen Die In Violence | Top Updates

Hindustan Times  

Bengal On Fire; Guns Brandished, Vehicles Torched As Nearly Two Dozen Die In Violence | Top Updates No end to the violence a day after West Bengal's panchayat polls were marred by protests. BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari demanded the Centre's intervention against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. #bengal #violence #mamata #panchayatpolls #westbengal #wb #protests #elections #mamatabanerjee #adhirranjanchowdhury #suvenduadhikari #centre …

Balasore accident: Banerjee gives home guard appointment letters to next of kin
1 year, 6 months ago

Balasore accident: Banerjee gives home guard appointment letters to next of kin

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday issued appointment letters to induct 86 people who lost a family member in the Balasore train accident as home guards. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee gives compensation to injured and relatives of those killed in the Balasore train accident At least 103 persons from West Bengal have been killed in …

West Bengal CM Banerjee offers jobs for kin of Odisha's horrific triple train accident
1 year, 6 months ago

West Bengal CM Banerjee offers jobs for kin of Odisha's horrific triple train accident

India TV News  

Odisha Train Tragedy: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday paid last respects to those who lost their lives in the heart-wrenching Odisha triple train accident. While interacting with media persons there, Banerjee announced that the state government has decided to provide government jobs for the next of kin of those who lost their lives in the horrific train …

Mamata hits out at BJP for focussing on Karnataka polls when Manipur was burning
1 year, 7 months ago

Mamata hits out at BJP for focussing on Karnataka polls when Manipur was burning

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party for focussing on the Karnataka assembly election campaigning while the ethnic violence-hit Manipur was burning. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Instead of coming to West Bengal, it is important they should visit Manipur first,” said Banerjee. They are trying to divide and rule and create …

Birbhum arson case: How West Bengal has been a theatre of political violence
2 years ago

Birbhum arson case: How West Bengal has been a theatre of political violence

India Today  

The West Bengal Police has booked CBI officials for murder after an accused in the Birbhum arson case, reported earlier this year, died allegedly by suicide in the central investigation agency’s custody. In one of the incidents, Mamata Banerjee, now TMC chairperson and into her third term as the West Bengal chief minister, was wounded in July 1993 as she …

Bogtui massacre: Mamata Banerjee condemns CBI custodial death; murder case filed
2 years ago

Bogtui massacre: Mamata Banerjee condemns CBI custodial death; murder case filed

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee condemned the death Bogtui massacre’s prime accused in the custody of central bureau of investigation. Lalan Sheikh, prime accused in the Bogtui massacre in which ten people were burnt alive in West Bengal’s Birbhum district in March this year, was found dead in CBI custody on Monday evening. While the …

West Bengal: Mamata condemns death of Bogtui violence accused in CBI custody; CID to probe
2 years ago

West Bengal: Mamata condemns death of Bogtui violence accused in CBI custody; CID to probe

India TV News  

West Bengal : A day after Bogtui violence-accused Lalan Sheikh died in CBI custody in West Bengal's Birbhum district, state CID on Tuesday was ordered to probe into the death which was condemned by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Sheikh, a prime accused in Bogtui violence, was found hanging on Monday in the washroom of the camp office set up in …

West Bengal: Birbhum violence accused dies in CBI custody
2 years ago

West Bengal: Birbhum violence accused dies in CBI custody

India Today  

Lalon Sheikh, accused in the March 21 massacre at Bogtui village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, died in the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation today. The accused was initially brought to CBI's temporary camp in Birbhum's Rampurhat, after which the court remanded him to the CBI's custody for further interrogation. Sources said that Sheikh's body was found hanging …

Mamata Voices Anguish Over Violence On Meghalaya-Assam Border
2 years, 1 month ago

Mamata Voices Anguish Over Violence On Meghalaya-Assam Border

ABP News  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed anguish over the violence at a disputed Assam-Meghalaya border location that killed six people a day before and prayed for peace there. Expressing shock over the incident, the TMC MP tweeted, "I am shocked and deeply saddened by the extremely unfortunate firing incident at Mukroh, Meghalaya which took away lives of …

CM Mamata Banerjee urges people to ensure name in voters' list to avoid detention under NRC
2 years, 1 month ago

CM Mamata Banerjee urges people to ensure name in voters' list to avoid detention under NRC

India TV News  

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today cautioned the people of West Bengal, especially those having their original roots in erstwhile East Bengal presently Bangladesh, to get their names checked in the electoral rolls to avoid any kind of detention under the garb of National Register of Citizens. Otherwise, you might be sent to the detention camps under the garb of NRC," …

Mamata Banerjee threatens to launch probe against central govt officials in Bengal
2 years, 3 months ago

Mamata Banerjee threatens to launch probe against central govt officials in Bengal

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday hit out against the Centre over the increasing cases of raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate in the state and threatened to launch a probe against central government officials stationed in Bengal. Addressing a rally of her party's student wing, Mamata Banerjee said, "I also have cases …

West Bengal: CBI Files 2 Chargesheets in March 21 Birbhum Violence
2 years, 6 months ago

West Bengal: CBI Files 2 Chargesheets in March 21 Birbhum Violence

News 18  

The CBI has filed two separate charge sheets in the killing of TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh and the arson allegedly triggered by it in which nine people were burnt to death in Bogtui village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on March 21, officials said on Monday. The CBI has named four persons as accused in its charge sheet filed in …

BJP office set on fire in Bengal as protest over Prophet remarks turns violent
2 years, 6 months ago

BJP office set on fire in Bengal as protest over Prophet remarks turns violent

India Today  

A Bharatiya Janata Party office in Howrah’s Uluberia area was allegedly ransacked and burned by protestors on Friday, June 10. “Since they listen to her and unfailingly vote for her, West Bengal Chief Minister & Home-Police Minister Mamata Banerjee should be able to identify and arrest these rioters and pelters who vandalised and set fire to the BJP office in …

CBI Files Before HC Probe Progress Reports in Birbhum Killings, TMC Leader's Murder
2 years, 7 months ago

CBI Files Before HC Probe Progress Reports in Birbhum Killings, TMC Leader's Murder

News 18  

The CBI on Monday submitted before the Calcutta High Court probe progress reports in the Birbhum arson case, which left 10 people dead, and the murder of TMC panchayat deputy chief Bhadu Sheikh that allegedly led to the killings. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice R Bharadwaj, which ordered a CBI probe into the two incidents, …

Birbhum massacre: Woman succumbs to burn injuries; toll rises to 10
2 years, 7 months ago

Birbhum massacre: Woman succumbs to burn injuries; toll rises to 10

Firstpost  

Miscreants had thrown petrol bombs and set ablaze some 10 houses on fire in Bogtui village in the early hours of 20 March Rampurhat, West Bengal: A woman, who suffered burn injuries in the Rampurhat massacre in West Bengal’s Birbhum district in March, died on Sunday morning while undergoing treatment, police said. With this, 10 people have died of burn …

West Bengal post-poll violence | Lawyers' group to meet President Ram Nath Kovind; take out protest march on April 29
2 years, 7 months ago

West Bengal post-poll violence | Lawyers' group to meet President Ram Nath Kovind; take out protest march on April 29

The Hindu  

A delegation of 10 advocates, who are part of an association named 'Lawyers for Justice', said on April 27 they will meet President Ram Nath Kovind on April 29 to demand justice for the victims of post-poll violence in West Bengal last year. Addressing a press conference, the association's convener Kabir Shankar Bose said a candle light tribute march has …

West Bengal: BJP worker’s body found hanging from a tree in Birbhum, political situation tense as family, party alleges murder
2 years, 8 months ago

West Bengal: BJP worker’s body found hanging from a tree in Birbhum, political situation tense as family, party alleges murder

Op India  

A BJP worker’s body has been found mysteriously hanging from a tree at Mallarpur town in Birbhum District, West Bengal. Graphic visuals, please view with caution: BJP Karyakarta Purna Chandra Nag Murdered and Hanged at Mollarpur, Birbhum District from OpIndia Videos on Vimeo. When the family was about to visit the police station to register a missing complaint, they found …

Birbhum violence: CBI arrests man who transported petrol used to set houses on fire
2 years, 8 months ago

Birbhum violence: CBI arrests man who transported petrol used to set houses on fire

Firstpost  

With this, the CBI has made six arrests in the case after taking over the probe from the West Bengal police on the direction of the Calcutta High Court Rampurhat: The CBI on Thursday arrested the e-rickshaw driver who allegedly transported the petrol that was used in setting ablaze the houses in Birbhum’s Bogtui village, leading to the death of …

CBI arrests one more person in Birbhum violence case
2 years, 8 months ago

CBI arrests one more person in Birbhum violence case

India Today  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday apprehended one more person in connection with the Birbhum killings, taking the total number of arrests made by the agency in the case to five, an official said. Nine people died of burn injuries after assailants threw petrol bombs at several houses in Bogtui village near Rampurhat town on March 21 following the …

Birbhum killings: HC orders CBI probe in TMC leader\'s murder
2 years, 8 months ago

Birbhum killings: HC orders CBI probe in TMC leader\'s murder

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a CBI investigation into the murder of Trinamool Congress leader Bhadu Sheikh, in apparent retaliation to which nine persons were burnt to death in West Bengal's Birbhum district. Prayers were made before a division bench presided by Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava for ordering a CBI probe into the murder of Bhadu Sheikh …

Birbhum burning direct fallout of TMC leader's killing: CBI
2 years, 8 months ago

Birbhum burning direct fallout of TMC leader's killing: CBI

India Today  

The Central Bureau of Investigation in its report has suggested that the Birbhum arson case which led to the death of nine villagers was the “direct fallout” of the killing of TMC panchayat leader Bhadu Sheikh who was murdered in Bogtui village that very night. According to the report submitted by the CBI before the Calcutta High Court, the incident …

Calcutta HC asks CBI to probe TMC leader's murder that preceded Birbhum violence
2 years, 8 months ago

Calcutta HC asks CBI to probe TMC leader's murder that preceded Birbhum violence

India Today  

The Calcutta High Court handed over the probe of the murder of Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal’s Birbhum, Bhadu Sheikh, to the Central Bureau of Investigation. Sheikh’s murder was followed by arson in Bogtui village, Rampurhat, Birbhum, that killed nine people, including two children. On March 21, a clash broke out between two groups over the murder of local …

Breaking: Birbhum Massacre| Calcutta HC Takes On Record CBI Report, Reserves Order In Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Murder Of TMC Leader Bhadu Sheikh
2 years, 8 months ago

Breaking: Birbhum Massacre| Calcutta HC Takes On Record CBI Report, Reserves Order In Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Murder Of TMC Leader Bhadu Sheikh

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday took on record the preliminary report submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the investigation into the violence in Birbhum district of West Bengal, in which 8 persons were killed allegedly in retaliation to the murder of local All India Trinamool Congress leader Bhadu Sheikh. The Court reserved its order in a batch …

Birbhum killings: When law of rule becomes law of ruler
2 years, 8 months ago

Birbhum killings: When law of rule becomes law of ruler

Firstpost  

The Birbhum massacre is the latest in the long list of killings in West Bengal, but it is not going to fade away or be forgotten any time soon Pandemonium broke out in the West Bengal Assembly on 28 March 2022, as BJP legislators were manhandled by TMC goons and policemen in plain clothes over the Birbhum killings. The Birbhum …

Mafia ruling Bengal, says BJP fact-finding team in Birbhum report
2 years, 8 months ago

Mafia ruling Bengal, says BJP fact-finding team in Birbhum report

India Today  

The Mafia is ruling West Bengal under the leadership of the Trinamool Congress in coonivance with the police and the political leadership, the BJP central committee said in its report on the violence in Bengal’s Birbhum to party chief JP Nadda today. “Our efforts to contact the DGP and other officers failed.” Hitting out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata …

Bengal governor summons CM Mamata Banerjee over Birbhum violence: 'Increased lawlessness and violence'
2 years, 8 months ago

Bengal governor summons CM Mamata Banerjee over Birbhum violence: 'Increased lawlessness and violence'

India TV News  

Highlights "Recent alarmingly worrisome developments. make it imperative that you spare time for interaction" "Already cliff hanging governance in state.has recently been further strained" 8 people were charred to death in Birbhum Birbhum/Rampurhat Violence News: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday shot off a strongly-worded letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over Birbhum violence and the scuffle that broke …

Birbhum arson case: PM Modi to meet with Bengal BJP MPs on Wednesday
2 years, 8 months ago

Birbhum arson case: PM Modi to meet with Bengal BJP MPs on Wednesday

India Today  

In the wake of the Birbhum killings, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Bengal BJP MPs for a breakfast meeting on Wednesday. BJP MPs who are in Delhi for the ongoing budget session of Parliament received calls to join PM Modi at 8:30 am on Wednesday, apparently to discuss all that has happened since eight people were charred to death …

Birbhum killings: Don't defame police force for fault of few, says Mamata Banerjee
2 years, 8 months ago

Birbhum killings: Don't defame police force for fault of few, says Mamata Banerjee

Firstpost  

The West Bengal chief minister asserted that the state is the most peaceful one in the country and a huge hue and cry has been started over one incident to malign her state Siliguri: Strongly defending the state police who have been at the butt of criticism from Opposition parties for alleged inaction to prevent the carnage in West Bengal’s …

Birbhum arson: CBI names 21 in FIR, says houses set on fire with view to kill people inside
2 years, 8 months ago

Birbhum arson: CBI names 21 in FIR, says houses set on fire with view to kill people inside

India Today  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has named 21 suspects in its FIR in the Birbhum arson case. In Birbhum's Bogtui village in West Bengal on March 21, eight people, including women and children, were killed after miscreants set fire to ten houses. Further, the FIR states that an "unruly mob of 70-80 people" ransacked the houses of the victims and …

Birbhum killings: CBI team visits Rampurhat police station, site of violence after taking over case
2 years, 8 months ago

Birbhum killings: CBI team visits Rampurhat police station, site of violence after taking over case

India Today  

The Central Bureau of Investigation team which is probing the Birbhum killings reached the site of the incident in Bogtui village in West Bengal's Rampurhat on Saturday. Earlier, the team visited the Rampurhat police station and took over various files and documents related to the case. THE CASE Eight people, including women and children, were killed after miscreants set fire …

Birbhum Violence: They Have Threatened to Kill Us Once They’re Out on Bail, Says Rampurhat Woman
2 years, 8 months ago

Birbhum Violence: They Have Threatened to Kill Us Once They’re Out on Bail, Says Rampurhat Woman

News 18  

Even as the Calcutta high court on Friday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the violence in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, allegations of intimidation continue to surface. Eight people were burnt alive in their homes by a mob in Bogtui village in Rampurhat area in the district, following the killing of local Trinamool Congress’s Panchayat leader Bhadu Sheikh …

Man next to Mamata Banerjee a cop, not sand mafia: Bengal police on Suvendu Adhikari's tweet
2 years, 8 months ago

Man next to Mamata Banerjee a cop, not sand mafia: Bengal police on Suvendu Adhikari's tweet

India Today  

The Leader of Opposition in the Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, tweeting a picture of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Rampurhat, the scene of Tuesday’s arson, circled out a man, identifying him as Tulu Mondal, allegedly notorious for operating illegal stone and sand quarries in the state. “It's alleged that his mafia syndicate hoards these resources and siphons off huge …

CBI registers case in connection with Birbhum killings
2 years, 8 months ago

CBI registers case in connection with Birbhum killings

India Today  

The CBI has registered a case in connection with the killing of eight people in West Bengal's Birbhum district earlier this month. The Calcutta High Court took suo motu cognizance of the incident and directed the CBI to probe the matter. The West Bengal police have arrested local TMC leader Anarul Hossain in connection with the case. West Bengal CM …

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