: Bengal post-poll violence: NHRC recommends CBI inquiry, formation of court-monitored SIT #IndiaNEWS The National Human Rights Commission has recommended to the Calcutta High Court that “heinous cases�

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Bengal post-poll violence: NHRC recommends CBI inquiry, formation of court-monitored SIT #IndiaNEWS
The National Human Rights Commission has recommended to the Calcutta High Court that “heinous cases� like those of murder, unnatural deaths and rape registered in relation to post-poll violence in West Bengal should be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation, The Leaflet reported on Thursday. West Bengal had witnessed a spell of incidents of violence following the Assembly election results on May 2. The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress blamed each other for the deaths of multiple party workers.A panel of the National Human Rights Commission, led by member Rajiv Jain, was formed on the direction of a five-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court to examine all post-poll violence cases. On Wednesday, the Calcutta High Court took a report filed by the commission on record, according to Live Law.In its report, the human rights body suggested that trials of cases investigated by the CBI should be carried out outside the state. The commission has also called for the formation of a court-monitored special investigation team.The team should investigate all cases that are not taken up by the CBI and also register new cases in instances where the local police have not done so, the report said. Cases investigated by the SIT should be monitored by fast track courts and special...Read more

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