Birbhum killings direct fallout of TMC leader's murder, carried out in organised manner: CBI report

The CBI in its preliminary report on the Birbhum killings in West Bengal said that the massacre was carried out in a planned and organised manner and was a result of direct fallout of the murder of local TMC leader Bhadu SheikhIn the over 20page report the central probe agency has also stated that the seven persons whose charred bodies were recovered from inside one of the burnt houses in Bogtui village were assaulted before being burnt aliveThe brutal incident of burning and killings at Bogtui is the direct fallout of the killing of one Bhadu Shiekh at Bogtui More on the same day March 21 at 830 pm the report a copy of which was accessed by PTI saidAfter the killing of Bhadu Sheikh his close associates and members of his group went berserk formed unlawful assembly and in furtherance of their common object started burning the houses and killing the family members of the rival group in a very planned and organised manner it saidThe Central Bureau of Investigations findings said that the rivalry was long standing between two groups one of Bhadu Sheikh and another of Palash Sheikh and Sona SheikhIn the retaliation plan of burning houses and killing family members and supporters of rival groups the houses of Palash Sheikh and others were burnt seven numbers of family members and relatives belonging to the rival groups were assaulted and burnt alive in the house of Sona Sheikh and two others died while undergoing treatment the report saidThe cause of the rivalry was related to their previous enmity for dominance in the local area and for control over income from illegal collection of money from commercial vehicles and other unlawful activities the CBI saidNine people died of burn injuries after their houses at Bogtui were set afire by miscreants last monthThe CBI took over the investigation following a Calcutta High Court order and registered a case on March 25The probe agency had Thursday arrested four people from Mumbai in connection with the killingsTMC leader and former president of Rampurhat Block1 Anarul Hossain and 21 others who were arrested by the Birbhum Police are also in CBI custodyThe CBI has also urged the Forensic Medicine and Toxicology Department of AIIMS New Delhi to form a medical board and offer opinion on the postmortem conducted on the seven charred bodies in case necessary for second opinionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever