The Calcutta High Court on Thursday called for a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe into murder and rape cases that allegedly took place during the post-poll violence in West Bengal. The other cases are to be probed by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), as per the court order.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll cases as per report of the NHRC committee where allegations are about murder of a person or crime against women regarding rape or attempt to rape shall be referred to CBI for investigation,\u201d according to the court. \u201cIt shall be a court-monitored investigation and any obstruction in the course of investigation by anyone shall be viewed seriously,\u201d it added. The state has been asked to hand over all records of cases to the CBI for the probe.<\/p>\n
The SIT \u2013 set up for the court-monitored probe \u2013 will have three IPS officers Suman Bala Sahoo, Soumen Mitra and Ranvir Kumar. The SIT\u2019s functioning will be monitored by a retired Supreme Court judge.<\/p>\n
The bench \u2013 comprising acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, Justice IP Mukherji, Justice Harish Tandon, Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Subrata Talukdar \u2013 ordered the state government to process the compensation for victims. The bench also rejected the state\u2019s allegation that the probe by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was biased.<\/p>\n
The bench had ordered the NHRC chairperson to form an inquiry committee to probe accusations of human rights violations during the \u201cpost poll violence\u201d. The panel had called for an investigation to be handed over to the CBI. The state government later alleged that the committee probing the matter was \u201cfraught with bias against the ruling dispensation\u201d, adding that NHRC probe members had close links with BJP leaders.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the state has already moved a caveat before the Supreme Court so that no hearing on the matter can be made without involving it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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