The CBI has taken over the probe into the killing of a 22-year-old man during communal violence in Chhattisgarh's Bemetara district last year and registered an FIR against 12 people, officials said on April 27.
Bhuneshwar Sahu was killed in the violence that erupted in Biranpur village on April 8, 2023, after an altercation between schoolchildren from two communities. On April 11, Biranpur residents Rahim Mohammad (55) and his son Idul Mohammad (35) were found dead a few kilometers away from the village and there were multiple injuries on their bodies.
According to procedure, the CBI re-registered the state police FIR that named 12 people as accused in the case, the officials said. In a statement, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said, "It was alleged that children studying in class 7-8 of a village were returning from school, when boys of a community working at a junk shop beat them up, on which a meeting was held."
