Lalon Sheikh was arrested eight months after the Bogtui village killing of which left women and children stranded . Sheikh was arrested by the police this month, more than eight months since the incident .
Kolkata (British Columbia): Today, one of the key suspects in the Bogtui village, which killed ten people, died by suicide in CBI detention.Sheikh was arrested from a hideout in Jharkhands Pakur, eight months after the killing of which left women and children stranded.The body of Sheikh will be taken for a post-mortem at Rampurhat Medical College and Hospital.After the incident, senior police officers from the district alerted the CBI.
After his detention, Lalon Sheikh was confined to a temporary detention center set up by the CBI after the investigation was handed over to the police by the Calcutta High Court.The case was investigated by the CBI on the orders of the Calcutta High Court.Sheikh was arrested by the police this month, more than eight months since the incident.He was arrested after months of surveillance, since he had evaded the police since the incident. Sheikh is said to have been behind a crowd that set fire to homes in Bogtui, killing ten people, mainly women and children, after the murder of the deputy chief of a gram panchayat and Trinamools Bhadu Sheikh in Rampurhat on Sunday.The CBI has begun probing the Bogtui murders and the murder of Bhadu Sheikh, respectively.The CBI has published an 1192-page charge sheet based on eyewitness testimony, security camera footage, and statements by two of the three women who died from burn injuries at Rampurhat Medical College and Hospital.The killings of an eight-year-old child coincided with an assault by the police.According to the CBI charge sheet, Bhadu Sheikhs murder, which set off the racial tension, was the result of rivalry between him and his associates over questionable land deals, illegal enterprises, and a share of extortion money.