Lalgarh killings: SC rejects WB Govt.’s plea against CBI probe
March 17th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by ANINew Delhi, Mar 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the West Bengal Government’s plea against a Calcutta High Court order for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the January 7 killings in Lalgarh’s Netai village.
An apex court bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly, while refusing to interfere with the Calcutta High Court’s order said: “It doesn’t suffer from any infirmity.”
The apex court, however, clarified that any observation made by the High Court in its order should not be construed as aspersions on the State CID, which was earlier conducting the investigation into the case.
West Bengal Government had challenging the High Court’s order transferring the probe from state CID to the CBI, claiming the direction had ‘political overtones’.
The Supreme Court had earlier on March 1 criticized the West Bengal Government for raising objections to a CBI probe into the January 7 Lalgarh massacre.
The apex court had also asked the West Bengal Government to submit ‘all correspondence between the Home Minister and the Chief Minister following Netai killings’ before it by March 3.
The Calcutta High Court had earlier on February 18 directed the CBI to probe the January 7 killings in Lalgarh’s Netai village.
Nine villagers were killed in Lalgarh’s Netai village after gunmen fired on a crowd, allegedly from inside a CPM ‘camp’ on the morning of January 7. (ANI)
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