CBI registers three more cases in West Bengal

New Delhi: The CBI has registered three more cases, including two cases taken over from the State police and one fresh case in the post-poll violence in West Bengal. With this, the number of cases taken over by the agency stands at 48.

The CBI has been taking over the probe of such cases following a directive from the Calcutta High Court dated August 19.

Two of these cases were earlier registered at different police stations of West Bengal on various allegations while one case has been registered afresh, the CBI said in a statement.

The first case was earlier registered at police station Barasat, North 24 Parganas on June 26, 2021 on the allegations that the accused broke into the house of victim on June 25 and severely beat him. He was admitted to Barasat Hospital and later shifted to another hospital. But the victim finally succumbed to such injury on August 6, it



said.

The second case was earlier registered at police station Jhargram, under Jhargram district on June 17. It has been alleged that the accused attacked the maternal house of the complainant on May 3and vandalized it. It was also alleged that the miscreants also outraged the modesty of the complainant's maternal grandmother.

The third case was registered afresh on the complaint dated September 15 submitted by the complainant to police station Raina under Purba Bardhaman district. It was alleged that some unknown accused attacked the house of the victim several times between May 2 and May 4 and threatened his family members besides vandalizing it. 

It was further alleged that the victim was found missing on May 5 and was finally found hanging from a nearby tree in the afternoon of the same day, it further said adding, investigation is continuing in these cases.