CBI nabs 7 more involved in Birbhum killings Ten people were burnt to death after assailants hurled petrol bombs at several houses in Bogtui on March 21 The Hindu · Aug 23, 2022
West Bengal: CBI files two chargesheets in March 21 Birbhum violence NEW DELHI: The CBI has filed two separate chargesheets in the killing of TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh and the arson allegedly triggered by it in which nine people were burnt to death in Bogtui village in West Bengal's Birbhum district on March 21, officials said on Monday. The Times of India · Jun 20, 2022
Birbhum violence | Woman who suffered burn injuries in Rampurhat massacre dies With this, 10 people have died of burn injuries after their houses in Bogtui village were allegedly firebombed following the murder of local TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh The Hindu · May 1, 2022
CBI probe into Birbhum violence, Hanskhali rape in West Bengal gathers momentum Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar alleges that the bureaucracy in State is politicised The Hindu · Apr 14, 2022
Bogtui killings: Bomb unit finds explosives near accused’s house KOLKATA: Fresh tension gripped Bogtui in Birbhum’s Rampurhat on Sunday morning after the bomb disposal squad defused bombs found near the home of Palash Sheikh, one of the accused in panchayat leader Bhadu Sheikh’s murder. Nearly 20 bombs were found inside a large bucket in a ditch near Palash’s house. The Times of India · Apr 3, 2022
West Bengal: Five more held for panchayat leader’s murder KOLKATA: Five more persons have been arrested in connection with the March 21 murder of panchayat upapradhan Bhadu Sheikh, whose death purportedly triggered a carnage at Bogtui village in Birbhum’s Rampurhat subdivision the same night. The Times of India · Mar 30, 2022
West Bengal: TMC & BJP MLAs fight over Bogtui in assembly KOLKATA: BJP and Trinamool MLAs traded blows in the state assembly on Monday over the Bogtui killings, following which a Trinamool MLA had to be rushed to hospital with a bleeding nose, prompting the speaker to suspend five BJP MLAs. The Times of India · Mar 28, 2022
Bogtui mass killing: Will hit streets if CBI investigates at behest of others, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee SILIGURI: "Let CBI do their work, we will cooperate. But if CBI doesn’t do their work and at BJP, CPM and Congress’s behest do something else, we will hit the streets in protest" said West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday referring to the ongoing Calcutta high court mandated CBI… The Times of India · Mar 27, 2022
Bengal’s violent politics of area domination Eight people were burnt to death in a village in the State’s Birbhum district on March 21, as a retaliation to the killing of a local leader. What makes West Bengal so susceptible to vendetta politics and deadly violence? Why are factional feuds on the rise? Shiv Sahay Singh reports… The Hindu · Mar 25, 2022
Birbhum killings | Victims badly beaten up before being burnt alive, finds autopsy report Congress leader Adhir prevented from entering Bogtui village The Hindu · Mar 24, 2022