The Central Bureau of Investigation was told to take over
the case of eight people who were burned alive in Birbhum, West Bengal. The
Calcutta Supreme Court referred the case to the CBI after rejecting Mama
Banerjee's government's request not to hand over the investigation to the
central office.
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Crowds killed and burned eight people on Tuesday - all women
and children.
A special investigation team set up by the Bengal government
will refer the case to the CBI. The Calcutta Supreme Court Bank, consisting of
Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Judge R Bharadwaja, told the CBI to
submit a progress report on April 7.
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Ms Banerjee said the
suspects would be searched if they did not give up. In a fight against the
violent political response to the brutal killings and accused by the opposition
BJP of ignoring political violence, the prime minister also accused
"something big" behind the incident.
The prime minister has shown that he is warning his
opponents, who are politicizing the incident. Ms. Banerjee and the BJP-led
center have long been on several fronts together, and the latest incident could
open another front.
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Six women and two children were locked in their homes on
Tuesday and burned alive by a mob in Bogtui village near Rampurhat in alleged
revenge after a brutal bomb killed Bhadu Sheikh, the leader of the local
congress in Trinamool. Attack. Burnt bodies were found a day later, mostly from
the family.
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