<p>The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a CBI investigation into the murder of Trinamool Congress leader Bhadu Sheikh, in apparent retaliation to which nine persons were burnt to death in West Bengal's Birbhum district.</p>.<p>The high court had earlier ordered a CBI investigation into the killings of the nine people at Bogtui village.</p>.<p>Prayers were made before a division bench presided by Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava for ordering a CBI probe into the murder of Bhadu Sheikh as well, claiming that the two incidents were interlinked.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/birbhum-killings-4-arrested-from-mumbai-brought-to-kolkata-1098745.html" target="_blank">Birbhum killings: 4 arrested from Mumbai brought to Kolkata</a></strong></p>.<p>The bench, also comprising Justice R Bharadwaj, ordered the transfer of the murder case of Sheikh from the state police to the CBI for the purpose of a complete investigation.</p>.<p>The bench had on March 25 ordered that the probe into the March 21 violence at Bogtui be handed over to CBI from the West Bengal government-appointed special investigation team.</p>.<p>The state DGP had on March 22 said that the violence at Bogtui took place within an hour of the murder of Sheikh, the deputy chief of the local panchayat.</p>.<p>The place of the murder of Sheikh is about a kilometre away from Bogtui.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a CBI investigation into the murder of Trinamool Congress leader Bhadu Sheikh, in apparent retaliation to which nine persons were burnt to death in West Bengal's Birbhum district.</p>.<p>The high court had earlier ordered a CBI investigation into the killings of the nine people at Bogtui village.</p>.<p>Prayers were made before a division bench presided by Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava for ordering a CBI probe into the murder of Bhadu Sheikh as well, claiming that the two incidents were interlinked.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/birbhum-killings-4-arrested-from-mumbai-brought-to-kolkata-1098745.html" target="_blank">Birbhum killings: 4 arrested from Mumbai brought to Kolkata</a></strong></p>.<p>The bench, also comprising Justice R Bharadwaj, ordered the transfer of the murder case of Sheikh from the state police to the CBI for the purpose of a complete investigation.</p>.<p>The bench had on March 25 ordered that the probe into the March 21 violence at Bogtui be handed over to CBI from the West Bengal government-appointed special investigation team.</p>.<p>The state DGP had on March 22 said that the violence at Bogtui took place within an hour of the murder of Sheikh, the deputy chief of the local panchayat.</p>.<p>The place of the murder of Sheikh is about a kilometre away from Bogtui.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>