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News Desk: In the latest development in the Sitalkuchi violence probe, the West Bengal CID on Friday questioned former Cooch Behar SP and suspended IPS officer Debasish Dhar, who was accused by the TMC government of giving a ‘clean cit’ to the CISF officers to open fire over the mob in the poll-bound region. This comes after 6 CISF personnel failed to appear before the Special Investigating Team of the West Bengal CID in connection with the case last month. Apart from the suspended Cooch Behar SP, 4 CISF constables, one CISF inspector and one CISF deputy commandant were served notices under Section 160 of the Code of Criminal Procedure by the state CID.
After Mamata Banerjee returned to power for her third consecutive term, Dhar was suspended while several other officers were replaced. The TMC supremo had lashed out at the Cooch Behar SP and had claimed that he was a part of a ‘conspiracy’ unleashed by the BJP. She had also dubbed the Sitalkuchi firing as ‘genocide.’ Four TMC workers had lost their lives in the incident.
