Via PTI
KOLKATA: An afternoon after Bogtui violence-accused Lalan Sheikh died in CBI custody in Bengal’s Birbhum district, his spouse claimed on Tuesday that he used to be “murdered” by way of company officers, who had previous demanded Rs 50 lakh to transparent his identify within the case.
Reshma Bibi on Tuesday morning filed a criticism at Rampurhat Police Station, alleging that the CBI officers had threatened to kill Sheikh throughout their seek advice from with him to Bogtui village as a part of the investigation procedure.
The central company, which is probing the Bogtui arson and violence that had in March left no less than 10 other folks lifeless, rubbished the allegation as “baseless”.
Sheikh, a main accused in Bogtui violence, used to be “discovered placing” on Monday within the washroom of a brief CBI place of business arrange in a visitor space in Rampurhat, with CBI officers claiming that he died by way of suicide and his circle of relatives alleging that his dying resulted from torture.
One of the members of the family at the side of villagers have been staging a sit-in out of doors the company’s place of business, preserving ‘Pass Again CBI’ placards.
The Birbhum district police have already began a probe into the custodial dying.
Sheikh’s inconsolable spouse, speaking to newshounds, mentioned, “My husband has been murdered by way of CBI officials. He may now not have died by way of suicide. The officials who got here to our space at the side of Lalan on Monday afternoon had requested for Rs 50 lakh to transparent his identify. That they had additionally overwhelmed me up at the moment.”
She additionally said that CBI officials had on Monday afternoon given her a decision to tell about Sheikh’s dying, but even so threatening her and her son of the similar penalties.
The CBI, on the other hand, rebuffed the allegations as “baseless and bereft of reality”.
A senior CBI respectable, on the other hand, mentioned that any of the company sleuths, if discovered responsible of lapses throughout the inquiry into the case, must face strict motion.
“We’re right here to research. No one in our staff asks for cash from any one. Such allegations are completely baseless,” the CBI officer added.
KOLKATA: An afternoon after Bogtui violence-accused Lalan Sheikh died in CBI custody in Bengal’s Birbhum district, his spouse claimed on Tuesday that he used to be “murdered” by way of company officers, who had previous demanded Rs 50 lakh to transparent his identify within the case.
Reshma Bibi on Tuesday morning filed a criticism at Rampurhat Police Station, alleging that the CBI officers had threatened to kill Sheikh throughout their seek advice from with him to Bogtui village as a part of the investigation procedure.
The central company, which is probing the Bogtui arson and violence that had in March left no less than 10 other folks lifeless, rubbished the allegation as “baseless”.
Sheikh, a main accused in Bogtui violence, used to be “discovered placing” on Monday within the washroom of a brief CBI place of business arrange in a visitor space in Rampurhat, with CBI officers claiming that he died by way of suicide and his circle of relatives alleging that his dying resulted from torture.
One of the members of the family at the side of villagers have been staging a sit-in out of doors the company’s place of business, preserving ‘Pass Again CBI’ placards.
The Birbhum district police have already began a probe into the custodial dying.
Sheikh’s inconsolable spouse, speaking to newshounds, mentioned, “My husband has been murdered by way of CBI officials. He may now not have died by way of suicide. The officials who got here to our space at the side of Lalan on Monday afternoon had requested for Rs 50 lakh to transparent his identify. That they had additionally overwhelmed me up at the moment.”
She additionally said that CBI officials had on Monday afternoon given her a decision to tell about Sheikh’s dying, but even so threatening her and her son of the similar penalties.
The CBI, on the other hand, rebuffed the allegations as “baseless and bereft of reality”.
A senior CBI respectable, on the other hand, mentioned that any of the company sleuths, if discovered responsible of lapses throughout the inquiry into the case, must face strict motion.
“We’re right here to research. No one in our staff asks for cash from any one. Such allegations are completely baseless,” the CBI officer added.