Irbhum Arson Case News Today

Bengal Police has booked top CBI officials for the Birbhum violence case accused’s custodial death. Given the past, this could trigger another round of state-Centre fighting.

The West Bengal Police has booked CBI officials for murder after an accused in the Birbhum arson case died allegedly by suicide in the central investigation agency’s custody. But Birbhum is not an isolated case. Here’s how West Bengal has been a theatre of political violence for long.

On Tuesday, a mob barged into West Bengal’s Birbhum village and set a house on fire charring at least eight people following the killing of Trinamool Congress leader Bhadu Sheikh.