Birbhum killings | Number of those arrested to 22, Left Front holds rally at Rampurhat
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At least 22 people have been arrested so far in connection with violence in West Bengal’s Birbhum district that claimed eight lives, a senior police officer said on March 23.
Family members of Bhadu Sheikh, the TMC Panchayat leader whose killing on March 21 is suspected to have sparked off the attack with petrol bombs on some 10 houses in Bogtui village on the outskirts of Rampurhat town, claimed that Sheikh’s sons were among those arrested.
However the police as yet have not released any names of suspects who have been arrested.
All eight of them, including two children, were charred to death as nearly a dozen houses were set ablaze with petrol bombs in Bogtui village in the early hours of Tuesday.
Eleven people were arrested the same day for their involvement in the incident.
“We are grilling them [those arrested] to find out if there were more people involved in the incident. Some accused seem to have fled the village. We are trying to trace them,” the officer said.
He added that forensic experts were examining the ravaged houses to get an idea about the “nature of the mishap”.
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