Overview

• The order tasks the CBI with constituting a Special Investigation Team to re-examine witness statements, forensic reports and previous charge sheets from the June 8, 2019 killings of BJP workers Pradeep Mandal, Devdas Mandal and Sukanta Mandal.
• Justice Joy Sengupta set an eight-week deadline for a progress report on the renewed investigation.
• Suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh, initially named in the 2019 FIR but later dropped by the West Bengal CID, faces revived scrutiny under the CBI-led probe.
• Victims’ families and residents had criticized earlier investigations for alleged political interference and inconsistencies in charge-sheet filings.
• The ruling underscores heightened judicial oversight over state probes amid long-standing tensions between central agencies and West Bengal authorities.