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Calcutta High Court Rejects CBI Plea, Orders CID SIT in Khejuri Deaths

The move follows diametrically opposite autopsy conclusions that eroded confidence in the local inquiry.

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The Calcutta high court. (File)

Overview

  • Justice Tirthankar Ghosh declined to hand the case to the CBI, describing the agency as "a gallery show."
  • The High Court assigned the probe to the West Bengal CID and directed a DIG-led Special Investigation Team that includes homicide officers.
  • The CID must file a progress report within one month, with the second post-mortem from SSKM/IPGMER provided to the investigating officer.
  • The court took the matter away from the local police after Sujit Das, 23, and Sudhir Chandra Paik, 65, were found dead following a Muharram programme in Khejuri on July 12.
  • Conflicting autopsies—electrocution in the first report and assault indications in the second—prompted judicial oversight, with the judge noting the discrepancies have weakened the case in favour of the accused.