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  • Two TMC employees killed in bomb blast in Bengal’s Birbhum; SP transferred

    Via PTI

    KOLKATA: Two ruling Trinamool Congress employees on a bike have been killed when bombs have been hurled at them in West Bengal’s Birbhum district forward of the panchayat elections, the police stated on Sunday.

    Whilst the opposition BJP and the Congress alleged that the killings have been a fallout of the TMC’s infighting, the ruling get together pointed palms on the grand outdated get together of India.

    The superintendent of police of the district used to be transferred inside of 24 hours of the incident, although the management claimed that the transfer isn’t associated with the killings.

    TMC employees Newton Sheikh and his better half Laltu Sheikh, brother of the native panchayat leader, have been going someplace on a motorbike when some miscreants hurled bombs at them on Saturday night, police stated.

    Whilst Newton died at evening, Laltu succumbed to his accidents at SSKM Sanatorium in Kolkata, the place he used to be shifted from Rampurhat Sanatorium within the district.

    The relations of the deceased individuals alleged that the bombs have been thrown by way of goons of the Congress because the get together used to be fearful of the “expanding reputation” of the 2 within the space forward of the panchayat polls due this yr.

    Countering their claims, West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury stated the get together has little presence at Margram so that you can perform such an assault.

    “We all know that the attackers and sufferers each belong to the TMC,” Chowdhury claimed.

    BJP nationwide Vice-President Dilip Ghosh stated, “TMC activists are attacking themselves and getting killed within the struggle to get the spoils over minimize cash. The placement will finish handiest after the removing of this regime.”

    West Bengal minister and senior TMC chief Firhad Hakim, on the other hand, denied there may be any intra-party competition at the back of the killings.

    Giving a twist to the incident, Hakim questioned whether or not Maoists might be concerned within the assault as Birbhum district stocks borders with Jharkhand the place the pink rebels are lively.

    The police must examine all sides to learn how and why the 2 have been attacked, Hakim stated in Kolkata.

    In the meantime, the West Bengal executive on Sunday transferred Birbhum district Superintendent of Police Nagendra Nath Tripathi and taken every other IPS officer Bhaskar Mukherjee in his position.

    A notification from the state secretariat ‘Nabanna’ stated Tripathi has been requested to take over as an officer on particular accountability (OSD) at West Bengal Police Directorate right away.

    Mukherjee used to be the SP of the Sunderban Police District.

    He’s going to get replaced by way of Koteswara Rao Nalavath, the SP (headquarters), Anti-Corruption Department, the notification stated.

    A senior authentic of the state secretariat described the mini reshuffle in IPS ranks as “purely administrative” although it used to be effected inside of an afternoon of the killing of 2 TMC activists.

    Ghosh claimed that IPS officials, “regardless of pledging loyalty to the ruling get together”, are being shunted and this can be a unhappy remark over the present state of affairs.

    “This beauty step is not going to lend a hand in unearthing the massive selection of crude bombs stockpiled by way of the ruling get together forward of the panchayat elections,” the BJP chief stated.

    TMC Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen, on the other hand, stated it used to be a purely administrative resolution.

    KOLKATA: Two ruling Trinamool Congress employees on a bike have been killed when bombs have been hurled at them in West Bengal’s Birbhum district forward of the panchayat elections, the police stated on Sunday.

    Whilst the opposition BJP and the Congress alleged that the killings have been a fallout of the TMC’s infighting, the ruling get together pointed palms on the grand outdated get together of India.

    The superintendent of police of the district used to be transferred inside of 24 hours of the incident, although the management claimed that the transfer isn’t associated with the killings.

    TMC employees Newton Sheikh and his better half Laltu Sheikh, brother of the native panchayat leader, have been going someplace on a motorbike when some miscreants hurled bombs at them on Saturday night, police stated.

    Whilst Newton died at evening, Laltu succumbed to his accidents at SSKM Sanatorium in Kolkata, the place he used to be shifted from Rampurhat Sanatorium within the district.

    The relations of the deceased individuals alleged that the bombs have been thrown by way of goons of the Congress because the get together used to be fearful of the “expanding reputation” of the 2 within the space forward of the panchayat polls due this yr.

    Countering their claims, West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury stated the get together has little presence at Margram so that you can perform such an assault.

    “We all know that the attackers and sufferers each belong to the TMC,” Chowdhury claimed.

    BJP nationwide Vice-President Dilip Ghosh stated, “TMC activists are attacking themselves and getting killed within the struggle to get the spoils over minimize cash. The placement will finish handiest after the removing of this regime.”

    West Bengal minister and senior TMC chief Firhad Hakim, on the other hand, denied there may be any intra-party competition at the back of the killings.

    Giving a twist to the incident, Hakim questioned whether or not Maoists might be concerned within the assault as Birbhum district stocks borders with Jharkhand the place the pink rebels are lively.

    The police must examine all sides to learn how and why the 2 have been attacked, Hakim stated in Kolkata.

    In the meantime, the West Bengal executive on Sunday transferred Birbhum district Superintendent of Police Nagendra Nath Tripathi and taken every other IPS officer Bhaskar Mukherjee in his position.

    A notification from the state secretariat ‘Nabanna’ stated Tripathi has been requested to take over as an officer on particular accountability (OSD) at West Bengal Police Directorate right away.

    Mukherjee used to be the SP of the Sunderban Police District.

    He’s going to get replaced by way of Koteswara Rao Nalavath, the SP (headquarters), Anti-Corruption Department, the notification stated.

    A senior authentic of the state secretariat described the mini reshuffle in IPS ranks as “purely administrative” although it used to be effected inside of an afternoon of the killing of 2 TMC activists.

    Ghosh claimed that IPS officials, “regardless of pledging loyalty to the ruling get together”, are being shunted and this can be a unhappy remark over the present state of affairs.

    “This beauty step is not going to lend a hand in unearthing the massive selection of crude bombs stockpiled by way of the ruling get together forward of the panchayat elections,” the BJP chief stated.

    TMC Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen, on the other hand, stated it used to be a purely administrative resolution.

  • Spouse of Bogtui bloodbath accused who died in custody accuses CBI of robbery

    Through PTI

    KOLKATA: The widow of Lalan Sheikh, the principle accused within the Bogtui bloodbath who died in CBI custody, has lodged a police criticism alleging robbery via the central investigating company, an respectable of the probe frame mentioned on Monday.

    Reshma Bibi in her criticism filed at Rampurhat in Birbhum district on Sunday alleged that “precious articles” have been lacking from their place of dwelling after CBI sleuths visited it with Sheikh.

    The place of dwelling was once sealed thereafter, the police mentioned.

    “For the reason that space was once locked via CBI and the articles went lacking after it, Reshma Bibi is accusing the CBI,” an respectable of the state CID, which is investigating Sheikh’s demise, mentioned.

    That is her 2d police criticism in every week after the primary one on December 13 through which she had alleged that CBI officials had threatened to kill her husband all through their talk over with to Bogtui village during the prime court-ordered investigation and blamed the central probe company for his demise.

    Sheikh was once discovered useless throughout the washroom of the transient administrative center of CBI at Rampurhat on December 12.

    The CID performing on any other FIR lodged via Reshma Bibi, has sought from CBI an in depth document on Sheikh’s custodial demise, the respectable added.

    “We’ve got sought a document from the CBI about Sheikh’s demise in its custody. We’ve got additionally sought the video photos from it,” he mentioned.

    The CID has requested CBI to supply main points at the choice of officials and collection of occasions at the day when Sheikh was once discovered placing within in CBI’s transient administrative center.

    The CID has visited the visitor space two times and picked up proof from it.

    The officer mentioned that the CID might be tallying the CBI document with their findings.

    READ HERE | Bengal: Relations protest out of doors CBI administrative center with frame of Bogtui violence accused who died in custody

    Its sleuths have spoken to Sheikh’s spouse, daughter and others who have been provide at his Bogtui place of dwelling when CBI officials had taken him there at the afternoon of December 12, hours prior to his frame was once discovered throughout the washroom.

    CBI emptied the visitor space at Rampurhat and shifted all its officials following an illustration via Sheikh’s members of the family and different villagers of Bogtui who demanded the arrest of the investigators of the central company.

    Sheikh was once observed in CCTV photos throwing bombs aiming at flats in Bogtui at the evening of March 21 following the homicide of TMC chief Bhadu Sheikh, CBI had claimed.

    Within the bloodbath 10 other people had succumbed to burn accidents within the incident after the homicide of native TMC chief Bhadu Sheikh on March 21 this yr.

    The central probe company had registered a case on March 25 in opposition to 22 accused in compliance with the Calcutta Top Courtroom order and over 15 other people have been arrested via it for thier involvement within the bloodbath.

    KOLKATA: The widow of Lalan Sheikh, the principle accused within the Bogtui bloodbath who died in CBI custody, has lodged a police criticism alleging robbery via the central investigating company, an respectable of the probe frame mentioned on Monday.

    Reshma Bibi in her criticism filed at Rampurhat in Birbhum district on Sunday alleged that “precious articles” have been lacking from their place of dwelling after CBI sleuths visited it with Sheikh.

    The place of dwelling was once sealed thereafter, the police mentioned.

    “For the reason that space was once locked via CBI and the articles went lacking after it, Reshma Bibi is accusing the CBI,” an respectable of the state CID, which is investigating Sheikh’s demise, mentioned.

    That is her 2d police criticism in every week after the primary one on December 13 through which she had alleged that CBI officials had threatened to kill her husband all through their talk over with to Bogtui village during the prime court-ordered investigation and blamed the central probe company for his demise.

    Sheikh was once discovered useless throughout the washroom of the transient administrative center of CBI at Rampurhat on December 12.

    The CID performing on any other FIR lodged via Reshma Bibi, has sought from CBI an in depth document on Sheikh’s custodial demise, the respectable added.

    “We’ve got sought a document from the CBI about Sheikh’s demise in its custody. We’ve got additionally sought the video photos from it,” he mentioned.

    The CID has requested CBI to supply main points at the choice of officials and collection of occasions at the day when Sheikh was once discovered placing within in CBI’s transient administrative center.

    The CID has visited the visitor space two times and picked up proof from it.

    The officer mentioned that the CID might be tallying the CBI document with their findings.

    READ HERE | Bengal: Relations protest out of doors CBI administrative center with frame of Bogtui violence accused who died in custody

    Its sleuths have spoken to Sheikh’s spouse, daughter and others who have been provide at his Bogtui place of dwelling when CBI officials had taken him there at the afternoon of December 12, hours prior to his frame was once discovered throughout the washroom.

    CBI emptied the visitor space at Rampurhat and shifted all its officials following an illustration via Sheikh’s members of the family and different villagers of Bogtui who demanded the arrest of the investigators of the central company.

    Sheikh was once observed in CCTV photos throwing bombs aiming at flats in Bogtui at the evening of March 21 following the homicide of TMC chief Bhadu Sheikh, CBI had claimed.

    Within the bloodbath 10 other people had succumbed to burn accidents within the incident after the homicide of native TMC chief Bhadu Sheikh on March 21 this yr.

    The central probe company had registered a case on March 25 in opposition to 22 accused in compliance with the Calcutta Top Courtroom order and over 15 other people have been arrested via it for thier involvement within the bloodbath.

  • Bengal: Family members protest out of doors CBI place of business with frame of Bogtui violence accused who died in custody

    By way of PTI

    KOLKATA: Hard motion in opposition to the CBI over the custodial loss of life of Lalan Sheikh, one of the vital major accused within the Rampurhat bloodbath, his circle of relatives demonstrated out of doors the company’s place of business in West Bengal’s Birbhum district with the frame on Wednesday.

    Sheikh used to be discovered striking within the washroom of the CBI camp place of business in Rampurhat on Monday.

    As police passed Sheikh’s frame to his circle of relatives after the autopsy on the Rampurhat Clinical School and Health facility, they took it to the CBI place of business and began an indication.

    Additionally they were given right into a scuffle with safety body of workers guarding the place of business.

    Members of the family of Lalan Sheikh with villagers protest out of doors the camp place of business of CBI, in Birbhum. (Picture | PTI)

    “CBI officials are chargeable for Lalan’s loss of life. We would like them to be punished. They should be arrested right away or else we can now not behavior the ultimate rites of my husband,” stated Sheikh’s spouse Reshma Bibi.

    “Why used to be I now not allowed to look my husband after his loss of life? There should be one thing mysterious,” she claimed.

    Members of the family of Lalan Sheikh with villagers protest out of doors the camp place of business of CBI, in Birbhum. (Picture | PTI)

    A senior police officer stated they had been speaking to the circle of relatives in order that the ultimate rites can also be carried out.

    CBI claimed that Sheikh, one of the vital major accused within the killing of 10 folks, died by means of suicide.

    A minimum of 10 folks had been killed as their properties within the Bogtui village in Rampurhat had been allegedly firebombed within the lifeless of the night time on March 21 after the homicide of native TMC chief Bhadu Sheikh.

    In the meantime, the state CID took over the investigation into the custodial loss of life and sought the autopsy record from the district police, a senior officer stated.

    KOLKATA: Hard motion in opposition to the CBI over the custodial loss of life of Lalan Sheikh, one of the vital major accused within the Rampurhat bloodbath, his circle of relatives demonstrated out of doors the company’s place of business in West Bengal’s Birbhum district with the frame on Wednesday.

    Sheikh used to be discovered striking within the washroom of the CBI camp place of business in Rampurhat on Monday.

    As police passed Sheikh’s frame to his circle of relatives after the autopsy on the Rampurhat Clinical School and Health facility, they took it to the CBI place of business and began an indication.

    Additionally they were given right into a scuffle with safety body of workers guarding the place of business.

    Members of the family of Lalan Sheikh with villagers protest out of doors the camp place of business of CBI, in Birbhum. (Picture | PTI)

    “CBI officials are chargeable for Lalan’s loss of life. We would like them to be punished. They should be arrested right away or else we can now not behavior the ultimate rites of my husband,” stated Sheikh’s spouse Reshma Bibi.

    “Why used to be I now not allowed to look my husband after his loss of life? There should be one thing mysterious,” she claimed.

    Members of the family of Lalan Sheikh with villagers protest out of doors the camp place of business of CBI, in Birbhum. (Picture | PTI)

    A senior police officer stated they had been speaking to the circle of relatives in order that the ultimate rites can also be carried out.

    CBI claimed that Sheikh, one of the vital major accused within the killing of 10 folks, died by means of suicide.

    A minimum of 10 folks had been killed as their properties within the Bogtui village in Rampurhat had been allegedly firebombed within the lifeless of the night time on March 21 after the homicide of native TMC chief Bhadu Sheikh.

    In the meantime, the state CID took over the investigation into the custodial loss of life and sought the autopsy record from the district police, a senior officer stated.

  • Bengal: Spouse claims Bogtui violence accused murdered by way of CBI officers, recordsdata criticism

    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.

  • CBI information earlier than Calcutta HC probe development experiences in Birbhum killings, TMC chief’s homicide

    Via PTI

    KOLKATA: The CBI on Monday submitted earlier than the Calcutta Top Courtroom probe development experiences within the Birbhum arson case, which left 10 folks useless, and the homicide of TMC panchayat deputy leader Bhadu Sheikh that allegedly resulted in the killings.

    A department bench comprising Leader Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice R Bharadwaj, which ordered a CBI probe into the 2 incidents, had directed the company to record the development experiences at the investigations on Might 2.

    The bench had on March 25 ordered that the probe into the March 21 violence at Bogtui in Birbhum district be passed over to CBI from the West Bengal government-appointed particular investigation workforce.

    It had due to this fact on April 8 ordered that the investigation within the homicide of Bhadu Sheikh be additionally passed over to the CBI from the state police, watching that the second one incident prima facie appears to be the autumn out of the homicide of Sheikh.

    Ten folks, together with ladies and kids, died after miscreants set fireplace to homes in Bogtui village on March 21.

    The bloodbath came about in a while after Sheikh used to be killed.

  • Birbhum killings: CBI books 10 other people in TMC chief Bhadu Sheikh’s homicide

    By way of PTI

    RAMPURHAT: The CBI on Saturday registered an FIR in opposition to 10 other people in reference to the homicide of TMC chief Bhadu Sheikh, which it sounds as if ended in the killing of 9 other people in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, a senior authentic stated.

    Amongst the ones named within the FIR are Palash Shiekh, Sanju Shiekh, Sona Shiekh and Choto Shiekh — who’ve been arrested, he stated.

    The case used to be filed underneath IPC sections 302 (homicide) and 120B (legal conspiracy), and related sections of the Explosive Components Act.

    The CBI visited Rampurhat police station right through the day, and picked up the case diary and paperwork connected to Bhadhu Shiekh’s homicide investigation, the authentic stated.

    “The CBI officials spoke to the police group of workers there. In addition they spoke to witnesses of the homicide and took inventory of the placement,” he stated.

    CBI officials additionally visited Bogtui Mor the place Bhadu used to be killed, he added.

    The CBI took over the investigation of homicide from the police, following an order of the Calcutta Prime Court docket.

    Bhadu’s homicide is assumed to have ended in the killing of 9 other people on March 21 in Bogtui village.

    The 9 other people, together with two youngsters, died of burn accidents after their homes have been allegedly firebombed.

  • Birbhum killings: HC asks Delhi CFSL to gather samples from website of incident, orders government to report document

    By means of PTI

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta Prime Courtroom on Wednesday directed CFSL Delhi to instantly gather important fabrics for forensic exam at Bogtui village in Bengal’s Birbhum district, the place no less than 8 folks had been charred to dying within the suspected fallout of a TMC panchayat reputable’s homicide.

    The court docket requested the state govt to report a document within the case earlier than it via 2 pm on Thursday, when the subject will probably be taken up for listening to once more.

    A department bench headed via Leader Justice Prakash Shrivastava, taking over a suo motu petition and a suite of PILs, ordered that CCTVs be put in on the crime scene within the presence of district pass judgement on, Purba Bardhaman, and recordings be accomplished till additional orders.

    The bench, additionally comprising justice R Bharadwaj, directed a crew of Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Delhi to seek advice from where of incident and gather samples for exam with none lengthen.

    It requested the DGP to make sure protection of witnesses, together with that of a minor boy injured within the arson, in session with the district pass judgement on, Purba Bardhaman.

    The court docket seen that suo motu petition has been registered for honest investigation within the case.

    The petitioners within the PILs have prayed for a probe via the CBI or via another company which isn’t managed via the state.

    Suggest normal representing the federal government antagonistic the prayer, pointing out an SIT used to be probing the subject and that there used to be no want to switch the case to another company.