The West Bengal Police has booked top CBI officials, including its DIG and SP, 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. Lalon Sheikh was arrested in December after 10 people, including women and children, were burnt alive at Bogtui village in West Bengal’s …
A departmental enquiry into the custodial death of Birbhum violence accused Lalon Sheikh has been initiated by the Central Bureau of Investigation. 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. READ: Birbhum arson: Why Bengal remains prone to political violence A report was …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The Central Bureau of Investigation brought 10 more accused in the Birbhum Rampurhat violence case, including local Trinamool Congress leader Anarul Hossain, to the CBI camp for questioning on Sunday. CBI officers also visited the village near here, where eight people were charred to death after their houses were set on fire, in a suspected fallout of a local TMC …
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 reached the village on Saturday and started its investigation into the violence. Meanwhile, the political storm over the Birbhum killings continue to remain unabated, with …
