The CBI has filed the first chargesheet in the case of alleged post-poll violence in West Bengal. The CBI filed its first chargesheet within two weeks of taking charge. The chargesheet has been filed in the death case of Birbhum resident Manoj Jaiswal. On May 14, Manoj Jaiswal was allegedly murdered and police claimed that he was known as a BJP activist in the area. The two main accused in the case are already in police custody. In the chargesheet filed on Thursday, the CBI appealed that the detainees should not be granted bail in any way. Members of the central investigation agency suggested that the investigation be carried out while the two accused are in jail custody. The CBI filed the chargesheet in the Rampurhat sub-divisional court.
Manoj Jaiswal’s “unnatural death” case was heard on Thursday. During the hearing in Rampurhat sub-divisional court, the accused Moinuddin Sheikh applied for bail. After that, the CBI lawyer told the court that the bail of the accused should not be granted in any way. The judge responded to that request. On the other hand, the bail of another accused Imran Sheikh has also been denied. Moinuddin and Imran are now in jail custody. Meanwhile, the CBI submitted a 360-page chargesheet to the Rampurhat sub-divisional court on the same day.
Shortly after the Assembly election results were announced, a businessman was allegedly beaten to death on May 14 in Nalhati, Birbhum. It is learned that Manoj Jaiswal used to trade in stone tools in Nalhati. He was a resident of Nalhati Ward No.2. His mutilated body was recovered from the canal near Madhura village of Nalhati police station. Gradually, the incident took on the colour of political violence. An autopsy was conducted at the Rampurhat Medical College Hospital.
The BJP has repeatedly claimed that the post-poll violence was due to the negligence of the state government and the shaky law and order infrastructure in the state. The state government has, however, counter-claimed in court that if any incidents of violence took place, they took place while the election code of conduct was in force. In other words, at that time, the state government was not in charge of law and order, and everything was being managed by the Election Commission. Mamata Banerjee herself claimed that the state administration was not negligent in this incident.
However, the Calcutta High Court was dissatisfied with the state’s response from the outset. They were also dissatisfied with the role of the State Human Rights Commission. That is why the acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal has given the sole responsibility to the central Human Rights Commission to investigate and report the incident. After that, on the basis of all the reports, the investigation into the alleged post-poll violence was handed over to the CBI. At the same time, SIT was formed for investigating this case.