New Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation has begun probe into Birbhum killings of West Bengal. A CBI team reached Bogtui village in Birbhum district yesterday and started its investigation into the violence that claimed eight lives earlier this week.
Unidentified people had on March 21 set 10 houses on fire in the village, killing at least eight people, including women and children. The CBI team, consisting of around 20 members, went inside the house where charred bodies of seven people were found.
Sleuths of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CSFL) also visited the gutted houses and started collecting samples.
Calcutta High Court on Friday handed over the investigation into the Birbhum killings to the CBI and set a deadline of April 7 to submit its progress report.
