CBI arrests 4 from Mumbai in connection with Birbhum killings
India Today
Four people have been arrested by the CBI from Mumbai in connection with the violence that claimed eight lives in West Bengal's Birbhum earlier this year.
The CBI has arrested four people from Mumbai in connection with the violence that claimed eight lives in West Bengal's Birbhum district last month. Two of the four individuals taken into custody by the CBI were identified by name in the FIR, say officials.
The four suspects have been identified as Bappa SK, Sabu SK, Taj Mohammad and Serajul SK.
A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been granted transit remand of the four suspects till April 10 by a Mumbai court.
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A case was registered in this regard by the CBI at the direction of the Calcutta High Court under sections 130, 124, 125, 126, 129 and 133 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Earlier, the matter was being probed by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the West Bengal government.
On March 21 of this year, a clash broke out between two groups over the murder of local TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh in Bogtui village in Birbhum's Rampurhat. It was during this clash that assailants hurled crude bombs at several houses in the village, resulting in eight people being burnt alive and one succumbing to injuries.
Bhadu Sheikh's murder is being investigated by the Birbhum district police.
