Investigating 39 cases of rape, attempt to rape during Bengal post-poll violence: CBI to HC
The Hindu
The Central Bureau of Investigation was entrusted by the five-judge bench to probe into serious allegations of murder, rape or attempt to rape brought forward by the fact-finding committee.
The CBI has, in a report to the Calcutta High Court, said it is investigating 39 cases of alleged rape or attempt to rape during , and has not found any basis in 21 such complaints.
All these allegations were mentioned in a report submitted by a fact-finding committee set up by the National Human Rights Commission.
The NHRC panel was constituted on a direction by a five-judge bench of the high court, which heard a batch of PILs that sought an independent probe into incidents of alleged violence after the 2021 assembly polls.
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