Newsinc24 Team 
The Calcutta High Court on Friday asked the West Bengal Police's Special Investigation Team to hand over the Birbhum violence case to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The court has sought a report by April 7. The HC has directed CBI to submit the status report in the Birbhum violence case in a week. The next hearing will be conducted on April 7. Thr high court transferred the case to the CBI after denying a request by the Mamata Banerjee government to not hand over the investigation to the central agency.
The court says that circumstantial evidence and the impact of the incident indicate state police cannot probe the case. Eight people were killed in the violence on March 22 has brought Mamata Banerjee government under criticism. The incident occurred after a TMC leader was killed a day ago. The deceased included three women and two children. Among the deceased were a newly wed couple Lily Khatoon and Qazi Sajidur. The Bengal government has formed an SIT and at least 20 people have been arrested so far.
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