SC seeks report on probe in 3 BJP workers’ murder

NEW DELHI:

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the West

Bengal government to file a report in two weeks on the investigation into the alleged killing of three BJP workers in the state after the recent local body polls. A bench of Justices UU Lalit and Ashok Bhushan said it will go into the locus of petitioner advocate Gaurav Bhatia only after the state government’s reply comes, after the state government said such petitions should not be encouraged by the court. Maintaining that several people have been arrested with regard to the alleged murders, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for West Bengal government, said it was wrong to say that the police was not doing anything.“At the time when the petition was filed, several people were arrested with regard to those crimes. We will file a detailed reply with respect to the investigation done in a sealed cover,” he said. The bench said it needed only a brief outline of what is being done in these cases.

colleagues dead before killing himself,” said Kangra additional superintendent of police Badri Singh. “The incident took place at around 2:15 am inside the cantonment,” he added. Sepoy Jasbir Singh, 21, fired at Havildar Hardeep Singh (43) and Naik Harpal Singh (35) with his INSAS Rifle before shooting self. Jasbir belongs to village Rajgarh of Barnala while Hardeep is from village Marhana, Tarn Taran and Harpal from village Thundi, district Gurdaspur in Punjab. “Circumstances in which Jasbir took the drastic step are yet to be ascertained,” said additional SP.