Kolkata, Sep 3 (TIWN) A day after the Calcutta High Court observed that the three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the court to investigate lesser crimes that happened after the elections is not functioning according to the instructions, the state government deployed 10 IPS officers to assist the SIT in the probe. The CBI that has formed four teams is already looking into the serious crimes like rape and murder.

The officers have been deployed for north, west and south zones of the state as well as for the Kolkata Police areas, he said.

“The services of the IPS officers are hereby spared, in addition to their normal duties, to assist the SIT constituted by the Hon’ble High Court at Calcutta (sic),” an order issued by the state home department stated.