West Bengal Crime Investigation Department (CID) takes over the probe related to the unnatural death of the main accused in the Bogtui case Lalan Sheikh in CBI custody, informed CID officials.
Family members of Lalan Sheikh, prime accused in the Bogtui violence, staged a protest in front of the CBI office in Birbhum on Tuesday, after he was found dead in a toilet at a CBI camp in Birbhum on Monday. CBI said Lalan had hanged himself inside the toilet of the camp on Monday evening.
Birbhum SP Nagendra Nath Tripathi said that All due process would be followed according to the guidelines of the Supreme Court and the National Human Rights Commission in investigating the death of Lalan Sheikh
TMC has raised questions over the role of the central investigating agencies. TMC leader Madan Mitra said that a serious enquiry should be conducted into the death of Lalan Sheikh, the prime accused in Bogtui massacre case
The prime accused in the massacre at Bogtui village in West Bengal's Birbhum district was found hanging inside the bathroom in CBI's custody on Monday evening.
The Birbhum massacre took place on March 21, 2022, when several houses were set ablaze following the alleged murder of Bogtui village Upa Pradhan Bhadu Sheikh. The main accused arrested is related to Sheikh.