Birbhum killings Oppn parties welcome HC order for CBI probe TMC promises cooperation
Kolkata March 25 PTI Opposition parties on Friday welcomed the high court order for CBI investigation into the violence that claimed eight lives in Bengals Birbhum district earlier this week alleging that the state police acting on the behest of the TMC government was trying to hush up the matterThe ruling TMC cautious in its response said all cooperation would be extended to the CBIThe Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a CBI investigation into Birbhum violence stating that the decision was taken in the interest of justiceThe court directed an SIT formed by the Bengal government to hand over all probe-related papers and the accused persons arrested by it to the central agencyWe welcome the courts decision Only a CBI probe can bring out the truth as the police acting as agents of the ruling party were trying to suppress the matter state BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar saidEchoing him CPIM leader Sujan Chakraborty said his party was hopeful that the CBI would carry out a fair probeWe wanted a court-monitored CBI probe into the Birbhum incident The state government had been trying to shield the culprits he claimedThe ruling TMC however said the state government so far had been doing its bit to unravel the truthThe court has given an order and we will abide by it All cooperation will be extended to the CBI The state government had taken enough action to probe the matter so far Several arrests have also been made It is for the CBI to look into the case now TMC state general secretary Kunal Ghosh said PTI PNT RMS RMS
Kolkata March 25 PTI Opposition parties on Friday welcomed the high court order for CBI investigation into the violence that claimed eight lives in Bengals Birbhum district earlier this week alleging that the state police acting on the behest of the TMC government was trying to hush up the matterThe ruling TMC cautious in its response said all cooperation would be extended to the CBIThe Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a CBI investigation into Birbhum violence stating that the decision was taken in the interest of justiceThe court directed an SIT formed by the Bengal government to hand over all probe-related papers and the accused persons arrested by it to the central agencyWe welcome the courts decision Only a CBI probe can bring out the truth as the police acting as agents of the ruling party were trying to suppress the matter state BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar saidEchoing him CPIM leader Sujan Chakraborty said his party was hopeful that the CBI would carry out a fair probeWe wanted a court-monitored CBI probe into the Birbhum incident The state government had been trying to shield the culprits he claimedThe ruling TMC however said the state government so far had been doing its bit to unravel the truthThe court has given an order and we will abide by it All cooperation will be extended to the CBI The state government had taken enough action to probe the matter so far Several arrests have also been made It is for the CBI to look into the case now TMC state general secretary Kunal Ghosh said PTI PNT RMS RMS
