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The Times of India
The Times of India
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Mafia rule in West Bengal, Centre's intervention needed to restore law and order: BJP

NEW DELHI: A fact-finding team of the BJP submitted its report on a recent case of violence in West Bengal's Birbhum district, in which nine people were burnt to death, to party president JP Nadda on Wednesday and demanded central intervention for the restoration of law and order in the state.

The BJP had constituted the five-member team in the aftermath of the Birbhum violence, in which eight people were burnt alive in Bogtui village near Rampurhat, while one more succumbed to the injuries a week later after a mob allegedly set a group of houses ablaze following the killing of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Bhadu Sheikh on March 21.

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