Calcutta High Court directs NIA to file report on clashes in Murshidabad over Ram Navami celebrations
The Hindu
Calcutta High Court instructs NIA to investigate Ram Navami clashes in Murshidabad, West Bengal, considering transfer of probe.
The Calcutta High Court on April 26 instructed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to submit a report regarding the clashes in West Bengal's Murshidabad district during Ram Navami celebrations, stating whether the probe should be handed over to the Central agency.
The court noted that the Murshidabad district SP in a report had referred to alleged use of bombs and other weapons resulting in injuries during the clashes in Beldanga and Saktipur on April 13 and 17.
A division Bench presided over by Chief Justice T. S. Sivagnanam directed the NIA to file a report on the clashes and other allegations made in two PILs and the alleged use of bombs.
The Bench, also comprising Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, directed the NIA to state in the report whether the FIRs registered in connection with the clashes be transferred to the Central agency.
Under the NIA Act, bomb explosion is one of the scheduled offences which can be investigated by the Central agency. The court directed that the matter will be taken up for further hearing on May 10, by which date the report has to be filed.
Additionally, it directed the NIA to address serious allegations highlighted by the Central Government's representative, additional solicitor general Asok Kumar Chakrabarti, regarding the clashes, as mentioned in one of the petitions.
The Murshidabad SP and the CID filed reports before the court in the form of an affidavit as per its direction on the earlier hearing date.
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