The West Bengal Crime Investigation Department on Friday took over the inquiry into the killing of four local residents in firing by the central forces in Cooch Behar district on April 10, PTI reported.
A Special Investigation Team of the CID has been constituted to conduct the probe. Investigators will visit booth number 126/5 in Jorpatki in Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency where the incident took place. The SIT will look at video footage and talk to officers and personnel of the local police station.
On April 10, four persons were killed in Sitalkuchi after the central security forces opened fire at a polling booth during the fourth phase of voting in Sitalkuchi, following a clash with locals. In a separate incident, another person was shot dead after he was dragged outside a polling booth.
Following the firing incident on April 10, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said that her government will initiate a Crime Investigation Department inquiry into the deaths. She had…