The Calcutta High Court on Monday asked the CBI to probe the murder of Congress councillor Tapan Kandu.
Justice Rajasekhar Mantha directed the West Bengal Police to hand over all official records of the investigation to the CBI immediately. It told the CBI to file its final report before the Court within a month.
This is the second instance in the past ten days of the Calcutta High Court displaying lack of faith in the investigation carried out by the West Bengal police. On March 25 , a Division Bench of Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bhardwaj had directed the CBI to probe the massacre at Bogtui Village in Birbhum where nine persons , including seven women and a child, were burnt to death on March 21.
