Lagatar24 Desk
Kolkata, Mar 24: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee reached Bagtui village, Rampurhat to meet the kin of those who were killed in the Birbhum violence today.
The CM handed over a cheque of Rs 5 lakhs to the kin of those killed in the violence. Financial aid of Rs 2 lakhs will be given for reconstructing affected houses. Families of the 10 people who died in fire will be given a job and Rs 5 lakhs, she said according to news agency ANI.
#WATCH | West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets the kin of those killed in #Birbhum violence. Visuals from Bagtui village, Rampurhat pic.twitter.com/iIhSQjLpu8
— ANI (@ANI) March 24, 2022
However, Congress delegates including Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury were stopped at Santiniketan in Birbhum district.
The eight persons who were burned alive in Bogtui village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, including three women and two children, were savagely beaten up before the atrocity, according to their postmortem report.
The victims were first violently beaten up and then burned alive, according to preliminary results of forensic experts who conducted tests on the charred bodies recovered inside the houses that were allegedly set on fire by unidentified people early on Tuesday, an official from Rampurhat hospital told PTI.
So far, at least 20 people have been arrested in connection with the event, which is thought to have been sparked by the assassination of a local TMC leader on Monday evening, and numerous police officers and civic volunteers have been removed due to negligence.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had termed the killings as ‘heinous’ and said that the murderers should not be pardoned. Mamata Banerjee has promised that stern action will be taken against the offenders regardless of party affiliation.
