HC asks government's response on CBI probe in Labhpur case

The Calcutta High Court today asked the West Bengal government to file its response on a petition seeking CBI probe into a triple murder case in Birbhum district.
Justice Dipankar Dutta directed the state government to present its stand on the petition in an affidavit by August 1.
On claims that the victims' family was not given any security by the government and was being threatened, the court asked the district SP to provide additional security to the family.
On June 4, 2010, siblings Dhanu Sheikh, Kotan Sheikh and Turak Sheikh were murdered at their home at Labhpur in Birbhum district.

Zarina Biwi, the victims mother, had filed the petition in the high court claiming that she was forced to state that Labhpur Trinamool Congress MLA Manirul Islam was not involved in the case in her statement under Section 164 of CrPC, though he was named as an accused in the FIR.