The CBI has constituted four teams, each having seven members and headed by a joint director, to probe cases of post-poll violence in West Bengal.
Officials in the agency said the probe by individual teams would be monitored by CBI’s Additional Director Ajay Bhatnagar. The members of each team would include a deputy inspector general and three superintendents of police (SPs) from across the country.
Meanwhile, the CBI has written to the West Bengal Director General (DG) of Police to provide details of all cases of murder, attempt to murder and rape reported during the post-poll violence.
The agency has sought details of such cases from the DG in line with a Calcutta High Court order that directed the CBI to take over cases of murder, rape and crime against women.
The CBI’s four teams would be headed by joint directors Ramnish, Anurag, Vineet Vinayak and Sampat Meena.
The High Court on Thursday, Aug ust 19, ordered a CBI inquiry into alleged cases of murder, rape and crime against women during the post-poll violence.
A five-judge Bench, while pronouncing a unanimous verdict on a batch of PILs seeking an independent probe into the incidents of post-poll violence, also ordered the formation of an SIT.