Amidst major outrage over the Birbhum violence in which eight people were charred to death, the five-member fact-finding committee of the BJP has submitted its report to party chief JP Nadda on Wednesday.
Nadda had formed a five-member fact-finding committee comprising West Bengal state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar, Rajya Sabha MP and former Uttar Pradesh DGP Brajlal, Lok Sabha MP and former Mumbai Police Commissioner Satya Pal Singh, Rajya Sabha MP and former IPS KC Ramamurty and BJP spokesperson and former IPS Bharati Ghosh.
Before submitting the report, Majumdar told ANI, “The fact-finding committee went to the village in Birbhum where the incident took place. We had to face problems to reach the village due to the ruling TMC. The committee had four former IPS officers and they made a comprehensive report. We will hand over the report to party president Nadda on Wednesday. We will also hand over a copy of this confidential report to union home minister Amit Shah.”
As many as eight people were killed in the Rampurhat area of Bengal’s Birbhum on Tuesday after a mob allegedly set houses on fire following the killing of TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh. The CBI took over the probe of the Birbhum violence case following the Calcutta High Court order. Meanwhile, CBI named 21 accused under Section 147, 148, 149 and other Sections in the FIR on suspected offence of armed rioting.