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Strongly defending the state police who have been at the butt of criticism after the Birbhum killings, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the good work done by the force cannot be negated by the fault of its one or two members.
The accused have been arrested under Section 147, 148, 149, and other Sections in FIR on suspected offence of armed rioting. Preliminary inquiry reveals that the killings came as a retaliation for the murder of TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh
In its FIR in the Birbhum arson case, the CBI has named 21 individuals. Further, the central agency's FIR states that houses were set on fire with a "view to kill the persons inside".
A day after Calcutta High Court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over probe in the Birbhum violent killings, a 15-member team of the Central agency has joined the investigation and reached the crime scene in Rampurhat.
Birbhum violence: The Calcutta High Court has observed that the special investigation team constituted by the Bengal government to probe the Birbhum violence case had failed to make any significant contribution to the investigation.