The Calcutta High Court on Monday (August 25, 2025) rejected a plea for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the controversial deaths at a Muharram event at Purba Medinipur’s Khejuri earlier this year, directing the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) and submit a progress report in a month.
On July 12, two persons, namely 23-year-old Sujit Das and 65-year-old Sudhir Chandra Paik, touted to be local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, were found dead at the venue of a Muharram programme in the Khejuri’s Janka area.
