Supreme Court transfers to CBI, two FIRs against Bengal BJP leader over 2020 scuffle with Trinamool workers

Supreme Court transfers FIRs against BJP leader Kabir Shankar Bose to CBI over 2020 scuffle in West Bengal.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (December 4, 2024) transferred to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) two FIRs lodged against West Bengal BJP leader Kabir Shankar Bose pertaining to the 2020 scuffle between his security staff and Trinamool Congress workers.

A Bench of Justice B.V Nagarathna and Justice Pankaj Mithal gave its judgment on a plea filed by Mr. Bose seeking direction for transferring the investigation into the case to the CBI , a Special Investigation Team or any independent agency from the West Bengal Police.

Mr. Bose had also sought a stay of investigation and further proceedings in FIRs lodged against him by the West Bengal Police pertaining to the alleged scuffle.

In his plea, Mr. Bose had claimed that on December 6, he along with his Central Industrial Security Force guards came under heavy attack and sloganeering in West Bengal's Serampore under the leadership of one Santosh Kumar Singh alias Pappu Singh just outside his residence around 8 p.m.

"As part of the protocol, Central Industrial Security Force immediately secured the Petitioner in a secured location and removed him from the spot. What ensued thereafter was protocol on the part of Central Industrial Security Force to secure their protectee's life and the Petitioner was not even present on the spot.

"Till 2 a.m, the entire building was under siege by over 200 Trinamool Congress hooligans led by Kalyan Banerji, the sitting Member of Parliament of the area supported actively by the State Police," his plea said.