<p>The West Bengal CID on Monday took over the probe into the "killing" of a man in alleged "police firing" during a raid last week in Uttar Dinajpur’s Kaliaganj, which was rocked by violence over a teenage girl's death, an officer said.</p>.<p>The Criminal Investigation Department of the state police will not probe into the death of the 17-year-old girl whose body was found floating in a canal on April 21 in Kaliaganj, and she went missing a day earlier after leaving home for her tuition classes.</p>.<p>"We will investigate the death of the man who was allegedly killed in a firing during a police raid at Kaliaganj. We will not probe into the girl's death. We have started our work this morning," the officer told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Notably, a demonstration over the girl’s death had turned violent last week as a mob set the Kaliaganj Police Station on fire and thrashed on-duty police personnel.</p>.<p>The protesters claimed that the girl was raped and murdered, though a preliminary post-mortem examination report did not indicate that, police said.</p>.<p>Locals claimed that Mrityunjoy Barman, aged 33, was "killed in police firing” during a raid conducted at his house in Kaliaganj's Radhikapur area around 2 am on April 27 in search of those who were involved in attacking the Kaliaganj Police Station.</p>.<p>The deceased's elder brother lodged an FIR against an assistant sub-inspector of Kaliaganj Police Station for allegedly being involved in the "killing".</p>.<p>Leader of opposition in the state assembly and BJP legislator Suvendu Adhikari had claimed that Barman was shot dead by the police.</p>.<p>He also shared the photo and video of a body on Twitter, which could not be independently verified by PTI.</p>.<p>However, a senior officer of the Raiganj Police District rejected the allegation.</p>
<p>The West Bengal CID on Monday took over the probe into the "killing" of a man in alleged "police firing" during a raid last week in Uttar Dinajpur’s Kaliaganj, which was rocked by violence over a teenage girl's death, an officer said.</p>.<p>The Criminal Investigation Department of the state police will not probe into the death of the 17-year-old girl whose body was found floating in a canal on April 21 in Kaliaganj, and she went missing a day earlier after leaving home for her tuition classes.</p>.<p>"We will investigate the death of the man who was allegedly killed in a firing during a police raid at Kaliaganj. We will not probe into the girl's death. We have started our work this morning," the officer told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Notably, a demonstration over the girl’s death had turned violent last week as a mob set the Kaliaganj Police Station on fire and thrashed on-duty police personnel.</p>.<p>The protesters claimed that the girl was raped and murdered, though a preliminary post-mortem examination report did not indicate that, police said.</p>.<p>Locals claimed that Mrityunjoy Barman, aged 33, was "killed in police firing” during a raid conducted at his house in Kaliaganj's Radhikapur area around 2 am on April 27 in search of those who were involved in attacking the Kaliaganj Police Station.</p>.<p>The deceased's elder brother lodged an FIR against an assistant sub-inspector of Kaliaganj Police Station for allegedly being involved in the "killing".</p>.<p>Leader of opposition in the state assembly and BJP legislator Suvendu Adhikari had claimed that Barman was shot dead by the police.</p>.<p>He also shared the photo and video of a body on Twitter, which could not be independently verified by PTI.</p>.<p>However, a senior officer of the Raiganj Police District rejected the allegation.</p>