CBI MAKES FIRST ARRESTS: 4 held from Mumbai

The CBI on Thursday arrested four persons from Mumbai in connection with the Birbhum carnage case in which nine persons were roasted alive. This is the first set of arrests made by CBI.

The arrested suspects have been identified as Bappa SK alias Sal Mohamad, Sabu SK alias Sadril SK, Taj Mohammad alias Chand and Serajul SK alias Poltu.

According to the CBI sources, the accused persons involved in Bogtui carnage at Rampurhat had absconded after the incident and the CBI planned a meticulous operation and managed to trace their hideout in Mumbai using technical and human intelligence. The arrested accused were produced before the jurisdictional court and were granted transit remand till April 10.

On March 21, Block President

Bhadu SK of Bogtui village was murdered by bomb blast injuries. After the incident, serious tension cropped up at Bogtui and surrounding areas over the issue of the murder. Eight houses and some straw heaps had caught fire.

During the preliminary enquiry it was learnt that as a retaliation to the murder of Bhadu, at least 22 followers and associates of his and 70 to 80 other persons in the form of an unruly mob had ransacked the houses of persons and set fire to the huts with a view to kill the persons inside, as a result seven persons were initially charred to death. The toll is now 8.

The CBI had registered a case on March 25, against 22 accused in compliance with the Calcutta High Court order and had taken over the investigation, earlier registered on March 22 at Police Station Rampurhat.