: Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 8:35 AM IST
West Bengal polls: Mamata Banerjee urges to club last two phases together; EC seeks report on Cooch Behar killings
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Kolkata: After Chief Electoral Officer Sushil Chandra tested Covid positive, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee once again urged to club all the phases together.
Addressing several public rallies the TMC supremo said that how can the chief electoral officer monitor election while working from home and also that due to the rise in COVID-19 the ECI should club the last two phases together.
âCovid had even engulfed the Election Commission and how can they monitor elections while working from home? In keeping to the pandemic the ECI should club the last two phases together,â claimed Mamata Banerjee.
Cooch Behar killing | West Bengal CID takes over probe in CISF firing that killed four
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A Special Investigation Team of the CID has been constituted to conduct the probe in the incident which happened during the fourth phase of polling at Sitalkuchi.
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A Special Investigation Team of the CID has been constituted to conduct the probe in the incident which happened during the fourth phase of polling at Sitalkuchi. West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday took over the case of killing of four people in firing by the CISF during polling in Cooch Behar district on April 10, a senior government official said.
The Election Commission has given a clean chit to CISF in connection with the Sitalkuchi violence incident. Election Commission of India office | Photo Credit: IANS
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India on Friday announced to give compensation to the kin of the four Cooch Behar violence victims. Four villagers of Jor Patki village in Sitalkuchi were killed in the firing of the central forces in West Bengal and one person was killed by some unknown miscreants while coming out after casting vote.
The CISF personnel had opened fire after they allegedly came under attack from a group of villager at 126/5 in Jorpatki in Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency where polling was underway for the fourth phase of West Bengal election 2021 on April 10.
Cooch Behar killings: Central forces fired at queue of voters, not a mobâ
Contrary to news reports, villagers in Jorpatki claim the central forces fired into voters lined up at Booth 126 and killed four men. CISF denies the allegations.
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Thereâs seething anger against the media at Jorpatki village in Bengalâs Sitalkuchi assembly constituency in Cooch Behar. Here, four men were killed in
firing by the Central Industrial Security Force on April 10 and their families have an alarming allegation to make: that the
Kendra Vahini, meaning central forces, shot at villagers lined up to vote at Booth 126, without reason. There was no mob that attacked the CISF as media reports have claimed, they say. And their allegations have gone mostly unreported so far.
West Bengal government to launch probe into Cooch Behar killings
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April 14, 2021 14:29 IST
“Our inquiry will track everyone responsible for the cold-blooded killing and ensure they are punished as per law,” she said.
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“Our inquiry will track everyone responsible for the cold-blooded killing and ensure they are punished as per law,” she said. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met familes of those killed in CISF firing during the fourth phase of Assembly elections and asserted that her government will launch a probe to bring the culprits to book.