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Bengal post-poll violence: Calcutta HC orders court-monitored CBI probe

Bengal post-poll violence: Calcutta HC orders court-monitored CBI probe

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed a court-monitored CBI probe into the incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal. The high court has also directed the state government to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the cases related to violence following the Assembly elections results declared on May 2. The five-judge bench presided over by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal had earlier ordered the NHRC chairman to constitute an inquiry committee to probe accusations of human rights violations during the "post-poll violence". The panel, in its report, indicated the Mamata Banerjee government, as it recommended handing over the investigation…
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