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News Desk: In a key development, the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the West Bengal government in connection with a writ petition seeking CBI or SIT probe in the killing of two BJP workers in West Bengal, allegedly by the members of Trinamool Congress on May 2, when the assembly election results were declared. The vacation bench of the Supreme Court, which comprised, Justice Vineet Saran and Justice BR Gawai, while hearing the petition, sent the notice to the State government and scheduled the matter for hearing on Tuesday. Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani along with advocates Ravi Sharma and Shoumendu Mukherjee, Gunjan Mangla, and Sharad Kumar Singhania are representing petitioners Biswajit Sarkar, brother of deceased BJP member Avijit Sarkar, and the widow of the other deceased, Haran Adhikari.
The petitioners seek the constitution of a Special Investigation Team(SIT) to investigate the alleged murder of the two deceased under the monitoring of the court, and also investigate into the acts of widespread violence which took place in West Bengal after the Trinamool Congress was elected to power for the third consecutive time, effects of which continue to be glimpsed. The petitioners reasoned its request for a CBI or SIT inquiry, pointing out that it was’ impossible’ to conduct an independent and impartial inquiry in the State.
Minutes of the hearing
The petitioners who were being represented by Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, along with advocates Ravi Sharma, Shoumendu Mukherjee, Gunjan Mangla, and Sharad Kumar Singhania submitted that there was total inaction by the West Bengal police after the “brutal murders” and that there are attempts to “subvert the investigation”. “The activists who were murdered belonged to BJP. It was encouraged by the State administration and the police story idly by. The State is taking no action, and it requires action and monitoring,” Jethmalani further submitted.
The bench, taking cognizance of the points raised by the petitioner, stated, “We issue notice. Serve it to the state. We will hear it next Tuesday.”
