The Calcutta High Court on Thursday accepted the preliminary investigation report of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the massacre at Bogtui village in Birbhum on March 21 in which nine people had lost their lives.
A division bench led by Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava had directed the Central investigation agency to probe the violence on March 25. A section of the petitioners prayed before the court that the CBI should also probe the murder of deputy gram pradhan, Bhadu Sheikh. It was Bhadu Sheikh’s murder on March 21 that led to retaliatory violence in the village and several houses were set on fire. The court has reserved its order in the matter.
