CBI probe ordered into murder of TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh

Wednesday 13th April 2022 07:46 EDT
 

New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the murder of TMC deputy panchayat pradhan of Bogtui, Birbhum- Bhadu Sheikh.

Earlier, Calcutta HC had ordered a CBI probe into the Birbhum case where nine people, including seven women and two children, were burnt alive at Bogtui village following the murder of TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh.

The court verbally remarks that the two incidents, the murder of TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh and Birbhum killings, are interlinked. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj said that CBI should investigate both the cases simultaneously.


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