Cooch Behar killing: CID takes over probe in CISF firing; EC announces compensation for kin of 4 deceased
West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday took over the case and will be conducting the probe in the incident which happened during the fourth phase of polling at Sitalkuchi.
FollowKolkata: A Special Investigation Team of the CID has been constituted to conduct the probe in the incident which happened during the fourth phase of polling at Sitalkuchi.
Also, the Election Commission of India on Friday announced to give compensation to the kin of the four Cooch Behar violence victims. Four villagers of Jor Patki village in Sitalkuchi were killed in the firing of the central forces in West Bengal and one person was killed by some unknown miscreants while coming out after casting vote.
West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday took over the case and will be conducting the probe in the incident which happened during the fourth phase of polling at Sitalkuchi.
Investigators will visit booth number 126/5 in Jorpatki in Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency where CISF personnel had opened fire after they allegedly came under attack from a group of villagers.
The incident had set off an acrimonious war of words between the ruling TMC and challenger BJP, and triggered public outrage.
The CISF personnel had opened fire after they allegedly came under attack from a group of villager at 126/5 in Jorpatki in Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency where polling was underway for the fourth phase of West Bengal election 2021 on April 10.
The Election Commission had given a clean chit to the CISF for opening fire in Sitalkurchi Assembly constituency in Cooch Behar, saying that opening fire "became necessary to save the lives of the voters" and it was made in "self-defence".
While quoting poll observers of the area, the EC said: "They inter-alia stated that recourse to open fire by the CISF personnel became absolutely necessary in order to save the lives of the voters lined up at the polling booth, those of other polling personnel and their own lives as the mob had attempted to snatch their weapons also."
The Election Commission had cancelled the voting at the polling station after the incident and imposed a ban on entry of politicians into Cooch Behar for 72 hours apprehending trouble.
