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Birbhum killings: CBI team reaches Bogtui village, starts investigation

Unidentified people had on March 21 set 10 houses on fire in the village, killing at least eight people, including women and children

Birbhum killings: CBI files cases, to begin probe on Saturday

The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the CBI to take over the investigation into the case from the state police and submit a progress report before it on the next date of hearing

CBI takes over case of Birbhum killings following Calcutta HC order

Miscreants had on March 21 set 10 houses on fire in Bogtui village in Birbhum district, killing eight people including women and children

Birbhum killings: Opposition welcomes HC order, TMC promises cooperation

The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a CBI investigation into Birbhum violence stating that the decision was taken in the interest of justice

NHRC seeks report from West Bengal govt on Birbhum violence case

The NHRC has taken the suo motu cognizance of incidents of violence in West Bengal's Birbhum where 8 persons including women and children were allegedly burnt to death

Birbhum killings: Calcutta HC reserves order in a suo motu petition

The AG stated before the court that the authorities have provided protection to witnesses and taken confidence-building measures

BJP's fact-finding committee visits Birbhum, assures help to kin of victims

BJP president J P Nadda had formed the five-member committee on Tuesday, which includes four MPs, to visit the site of the fire tragedy and probe the matter

ED asks TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee to appear before it again on March 29

Banerjee's role and links with the other accused in the case are being investigated, ED officials had said

Bengal killings: TMC Rampurhat-1 block president Anarul Hossain arrested

The local TMC leader will be questioned over the incident in which eight people were burnt alive on Tuesday, he added

Birbhum killings: TMC delegation seeks Bengal governor's ouster

Eight people, including two children, were charred to death as nearly a dozen huts were set ablaze in Birbhum district in a suspected fallout of the murder of a ruling TMC panchayat official

Rampurhat killings suspect will be given strictest punishment: WB CM

Taking a tough stance, Mamata Banerjee Thursday said suspects of the Rampurhat killings will have to be hunted down and arrested unless they surrender

Punjab, AP, WB respondents say farm acts didn't give more selling options

While the 3 farm laws have now been repealed, a Supreme Court panel found that the mandi system has not been very effective

Birbhum victims badly beaten up before being burnt alive: Autopsy report

The eight people who were burnt alive in Bogtui village in West Bengal's Birbhum district were badly beaten up before the carnage, their post-mortem examination has revealed.

Birbhum killings heinous, says PM Modi; HC asks for report by 2 pm Thursday

The blaze killed eight people including three women and two children

'Centre will help state book the culprits,' says PM Modi on Bengal terror

I hope that the state government will definitely ensure that those who have committed such heinous crimes are punished, Modi said

Action to be taken against perpetrators: Bengal CM Mamata on Birbhum deaths

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee asserted that proper action would be taken against the perpetrators of violence in Birbhum district, where 8 people were charred to death in a village

Left Front takes out rally in Bengal's Birbhum to protest 'mass murder'

The Left Front (LF) on Wednesday took out a rally in Rampurhat town of West Bengal's Birbhum district, demanding justice for those killed in violence in the area the day before

8 killed after TMC leader's murder, BJP demands President's rule in Bengal

Eight people were charred to death as nearly a dozen huts were set ablaze in West Bengal's Birbhum district in a suspected fallout of the murder of a ruling TMC panchayat official

Covid-19 pandemic: West Bengal logs 75 new cases, 2 more deaths

The state registered two more coronavirus fatalities in the last 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 21,197, it added.

MHA seeks report from West Bengal govt on killing of 8 people in Birbhum

The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday sought a report from the West Bengal government after eight people were found burnt to death in Birbhum district, officials said. The move came after a nine-member delegation of BJP MPs from West Bengal met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and sought his intervention and action against the perpetrators of the crime. Sources said a fact-finding central team may be sent to the state soon to assess the situation, but there was no official confirmation about it yet. In a communication, the ministry asked the West Bengal government to maintain law and order and ensure security of common people in view of the killings, officials said. The state government has been asked to send a detailed factual report on the killings as early as possible, they said. Eight persons, including two children, died in the early hours of Tuesday after their houses were gutted in a fire in Rampurhat in Birbhum district, police said. The incident took place hours after the murd