West Bengal: police book CBI officials for murder after death of Bogtui violence-accused in custody

The death of a person accused in the March 2022 Bogtui violence appears to be snowballing into a big controversy.

After accused Lalan Sheikh was found dead while in CBI custody, the West Bengal CID has reportedly been ordered to investigate the matter, and a murder case has been filed against CBI officials.

Lalan Sheikh was found hanging on 12 December 2022 in the washroom of the CBI's camp office in a guest house. The central agency claimed that he died by suicide.

Sheikh's family said that CBI officers had earlier threatened to kill him.

The central agency, however, rejected the allegations as "baseless".

The Birbhum district police had already started a probe into the custodial death of the accused person in the Bogtui massacre.

At least 10 people were killed in arson and violence that followed the murder of local Trinamool Congress leader Bhadu Sheikh on 21 March 2022. The CBI is investigating the case on the orders of the Calcutta High Court.

(With PTI inputs)

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