Calcutta HC orders CBI probe in post-poll violence in Bengal
Calcutta High Court (Image | IANS)
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Kolkata | In a major blow to the West Bengal government, a five-member bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday handed over the investigation of serious crimes like rape and murder in the post-poll violence to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and formed a three-member team to investigate the lesser criminal offences.
The court also directed the state government to immediately process the compensation for the victims of the post-poll violence.
Accepting the National Human Rights Commission’s recommendation, the five-member bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, Justice I.P. Mukerji, Justice Harish Tandon, Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Subrata Talukdar directed that the investigation into the violence following the April-May election in Bengal will be conducted by a special team to be set up by the CBI.
The CBI will be investigating into the serious crimes like rape and murder. A separate division bench has been formed to monitor the CBI investigation.
Similarly, the division bench also formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate lesser crimes that happened after the elections.
IANS
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