Bogtui massacre: CBI shifts makeshift office to Kolkata; CID books 7 over prime accused death

Days after the prime accused in the arson and violence in Bengals Bogtui village was found hanging in a temporary office of the CBI, the probe agency on Wednesday shifted the makeshift set up in Rampurhat to the metropolis, a senior official said.

The CBI has claimed that Lalan Sheikh died by suicide, while his family alleged that the death resulted from custodial torture.

Some of the family members along with villagers had been staging a sit-in outside the agencys temporary office.

“We have shifted our officers involved in the investigation and made arrangements to transfer all documents and files in connection with the matter to our Kolkata office,” he told

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