Birbhum killings: CBI questions benched police officers again

Another team of CBI officers also visited the damaged houses in Bogtui village and collected samples

|Mar 29, 2022, 23:18:17 IST

Rampurhat: The CBI on Tuesday questioned former Rampurhat sub-divisional police officer Shayan Ahmed and inspector in charge of local police station Tridip Pramanik for the second time in two days in connection with its investigation into the Birbhum carnage, an official said. Ahmed was sent on compulsory waiting while Pramanik was suspended by the authorities following the incident of 21 March night in which nine people were burnt to death by unknown miscreants as a suspected fallout of the murder of a local leader of the ruling Trinamool Congress. The two were questioned by the CBI on Monday also. The SDPO and the IC were asked to give details of the incident. Their answers were recorded, the CBI official said. Sleuths of the central agency also questioned Mihilal Sheikh, who lost seven of his family members in the carnage at Bogtui village near Rampurhat town, besides the husband of Najema Bibi, who was injured in the incident and died in a hospital on Monday. Another team of CBI officers again visited the damaged houses in Bogtui village and collected samples. A separate team of the agency went to Bataspur village where some of the family members of those killed in the carnage had fled and spoke to them as a part of the investigation, the official said. The CBI is investigating the case on a Calcutta High Court order. Earlier it was probed by an SIT formed by the West Bengal government. Read all the Latest News, Trending News, Cricket News, Bollywood News,India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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