{"id":53088,"date":"2018-06-10T15:06:51","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T09:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=53088"},"modified":"2018-06-10T15:06:51","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T09:36:51","slug":"sc-dismisses-cbi-probe-into-wb-bjp-workers-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-dismisses-cbi-probe-into-wb-bjp-workers-death","title":{"rendered":"SC dismisses CBI probe into WB BJP workers death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>New Delhi:<\/b>The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe into the recent killing of two BJP workers in Purulia district of West Bengal after panchayat polls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/2018_6img_2018615651-ll-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"53002\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-restrains-housing-project-owner\/2018_6img_2018615651-ll-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/2018_6img_2018615651-ll-1.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"302,201\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2018_6$img_2018615651-ll\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/2018_6img_2018615651-ll-1.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-53002\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/2018_6img_2018615651-ll-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/2018_6img_2018615651-ll-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/2018_6img_2018615651-ll-1.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/2018_6img_2018615651-ll-1.jpg?w=302&amp;ssl=1 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A vacation bench of Justices A K Goel and Ashok Bhushan asked the petitioners to approach the Calcutta High Court for the relief.<\/p>\n<p>Advocate Gaurav Bhatia, appearing for petitioners, said that it is a serious matter as the killing of BJP workers have taken place after the panchayat polls in Purulia district.<\/p>\n<p>On May 30, 18-year-old Tirlochan Mahato, a BJP worker from Balrampur village of Purulia district was found hanging from a tree with a poster written in Bengali struck on his back, saying he was killed for canvassing for the BJP during panchayat election.<\/p>\n<p>Another death of one Dulal Kumar, also a BJP worker, had taken place on June 2 in a similar manner in the same district.<\/p>\n<p>The petition was filed by the father of Kumar, who sought a CBI probe into the killings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi:The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe into the recent killing of two BJP workers in Purulia district of West Bengal after panchayat polls. 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