Human Rights Commission report on violence in West Bengal not biased: HC

Another blow to Mamata Banerjee from the Calcutta High Court

CBI forms four teams of seven each to probe post-election murder and rape cases in Bengal

Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee government has again been slapped by the Calcutta High Court over the post-assembly violence in Bengal. Justice I.P. of Calcutta High Court. Mukherjee agreed with the decision to hand over the investigation of post-election crimes in West Bengal to the CBI and in his judgment separately rejected the allegations that the Central Human Rights Commission had made biased recommendations and said such allegations were baseless.

Judge Mukherjee of the Calcutta High Court said the committee constituted by the Central Human Rights Commission had the power to investigate and present the collected evidence only under the order of a five-judge bench.

Judge Mukherjee, while agreeing with the bench's judgment on public interest litigation, said the allegation of bias against the committee was baseless as the court had not only considered the committee's report but also considered the lawyers' arguments and arguments.

In his remarks, Justice Mukherjee said that the arguments of the Election Commission were correct that it was its job to conduct the elections, but it was the job of the government to run the administration.

"In my opinion, the Election Commission is correct in principle, but it is also true that the Election Commission asked the administration to replace the officers on duty and to deploy them as per its instructions at that time when it was in charge of elections," he said.

He added that if the election result was a crime, it was the duty of the Election Commission to at least instruct the administration to register a complaint and take action, which it did not give.

Meanwhile, the CBI on Friday asked the West Bengal Director General of Police in writing to provide details of all cases related to murder and rape during post-election violence in the state. The CBI has formed four teams headed by joint directors Ramanish, Anurag, Vineet Vinayak and Sampat Meena to probe the cases.