The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet in opposition to 5 of us within the killing of Tapan Kandu, a Congress councillor from the Jhalda Municipality in West Bengal.
In its chargesheet filed sooner than the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purulia, the Central Bureau of Investigation has named Dipak Kandu, Kalebar Singh, Naren Kandu, Md Asik, and Satyaban Pramanik as accused.
The CBI took over the investigation of the case from the West Bengal Police on April 6, 2022, on the orders of the Calcutta High Court.
It became as soon as alleged that Tapan Kandu became as soon as shot tiring by three bike-borne of us shut to his space in Jhalda at round 5.15 pm on March 13 this year whereas returning with guests from an evening shuffle via Bagmundi Boulevard, CBI Spokesperson RC Joshi stated.
Kandu had collapsed and became as soon as rushed to Jhalda Neatly being facility sooner than being transferred to Ranchi Neatly being facility, where he became as soon as pronounced tiring.
On April 4, Justice Rajasekhar Mantha directed the central agency to post a document on its investigation into the case inner 45 days.
The high court docket had ordered the probe by the central agency on the petition of the councillor’s widow, Purnima Kandu, who had moved it searching for a CBI investigation into the murder of her husband, alleging the complicity of local police within the case.
Her counsel had submitted sooner than the court docket that the superintendent of police of Purulia district in a press conference had given a clever chit to the inspector in-sign of Jhalda police predicament even sooner than the probe by the speak police became as soon as performed.
(With agency input)