HC seeks report on Birbhum arson within 24 hours, directs Bengal govt to install CCTVs
India Today
The Calcutta High Court has directed the state to submit within 24 hours the status report on the arson incident in Rampurhat in West Bengal’s Birbhum, in which eight people were charred to death.
The Calcutta High Court has directed the state to submit within 24 hours the status report on the arson incident in Rampurhat in West Bengal’s Birbhum, in which eight people were charred to death.
The court ordered the installation of CCTV cameras in the area. A team from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory in Delhi would be dispatched to collect samples from the scene of the arson incident, it said.
“Let no evidence be destroyed. The district court and the state DGP will have to ensure the safety of every villager and witnesses. If any post-mortem is pending, it will have to be videographed,” the bench said.
