Kolkata: The death toll in the carnage at Bogtui village in Birbhum rose to 10 with one more woman succumbing to her injuries at a state-run...
Kolkata: The death toll in the carnage at Bogtui village in Birbhum rose to 10 with one more woman succumbing to her injuries at a state-run hospital in the district on Sunday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Atahar Bibi. She died at Rampura Medical College & Hospital. According to police records, among those dead so far, eight were women, one man and one a minor girl.
On March 21, the Trinamool Congress Deputy Chief of Bursal panchayat, Bhadu Sheikh was killed first at Bogtui. Soon after that tension broke out there and at least 12 houses were set on fire.
A special investigation team (SIT) of West Bengal Police first took over the investigation. However, there was an appeal at Calcutta High Court demanding a CBI investigation in the matter.
Currently, following successive orders of the Calcutta High Court, the CBI is currently conducting two parallel investigations — first on the carnage that claimed nine lives, and second on the murder of Bhadu Sheikh.
CBI sleuths conducting the two parallel probes suspect that rivalry over illegal sand mining rampant in West Bengal’s Birbhum district as one of the prime reasons behind the Bogtui carnage. Incidentally, as per preliminary findings of CBI, both the rival gangs were associated with the state’s ruling party, Trinamool Congress.
In January last year, Bhadu Sheikh’s elder brother, Babar Sheikh was also murdered.
Although the case is yet to be solved, Bhadu Sheikh alleged that his rivals like Palash Sheikh and Sona Sheikh played a role in the killings.
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