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New Delhi, April 7 (TIWN) In the latest development in the Birbhum violence case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested four persons from Mumbai.
The four accused had fled from Bogtui to the Maharashtra capital soon after the killings, and they were apprehended from their hideout early on Thursday morning.
"Of the four arrested accused, two persons -- identified as Bappa and Shabu Sheikh -- were named in the FIR lodged in connection with the killings. We will produce them before a court in Mumbai and plea for a transit remand to West Bengal," he said.
The Calcutta high court had ordered a CBI inquiry into the violence in which miscreants had attacked and set fire to houses in Birbhum's Bogtui village, killing nine people, including children, following TMC panchayat official Bhadu Sheikh's murder.
Earlier, an SIT formed by the West Bengal government was probing the case.
The TMC panchayat official's murder, however, is being investigated by the district police.
According to the official, Sona Sheikh, wanted by the police for his involvement in a local dispute, had been on the run for over a year.
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