The CBI has filed a chargesheet against six persons, said to be TMC workers, in connection with the killing of a man during post-poll violence at Sitalkuchi in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district.
All the six chargesheeted accused accused residents of Cooch Behar district.
The agency filed the chargehseet before the court of ACJM, Mathabhanga, Cooch Behar, the CBI said.
The CBI had registered this case on August 27 on the orders of Calcutta High Court. Following the High Court order dated August 19, the agency took over the investigation of the case, earlier registered at Police Station Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar district as FIR No. 104/21 dated May 5, 2021 on a complaint against unknown persons.
“It was alleged that the unknown persons who, according to the complainant, started beating her husband arbitrarily with an iron rod and fired bullets at him. He was rushed to Dinhata Hospital where he died during treatment,” the agency said in a statement.
Sources said the CBI findings in the case are in sharp contrast to the allegations levelled in the State police FIR. The wife of the deceased had claimed that her family was a Trinamool Congress supporter and her husband was shot dead by "BJP goons".
The six chargesheeted accused are Tahidul Mia, Haridas Barman, Madan Barman, Naba Kumar Barman, Shyamal Barman and Arabindo Barman.