Rampurhat

Eight killed in Bengal: 20 arrested for Birbhum violence, forensic team at site of incident

The West Bengal government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director General (CID) Gyanwant Singh, to probe the incident.

NCPCR writes to West Bengal Police seeking action in Birbhum incident within 3 days

As many as eight people were burnt to death in the Rampurhat area of West Bengal's Birbhum on Tuesday after a mob allegedly set houses on fire following the killing of Trinamool Congress leader Bahadur Shaikh.

Panchayat leader killed, eight charred to death: Understanding the unrest in West Bengal’s Birbhum district

The BJP has slammed the West Bengal government for the violence in Rampurhat in Birbhum. While Suvendu Adhikari lamented the ‘freefall of law and order’ in the state, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar termed the incident as an ‘arson orgy’

West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Rampurhat profile: TMC’s Asish Banerjee emerged victorious in 2016 polls

Voter turnout was 85.07 percent in Rampurhat in the 2016 assembly election

CID recovers 50 kg of ammonium nitrate and 1,000 detonators from West Bengal's Birbhum district

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) seized 238 packets each containing 50 kg of ammonium nitrate from an unauthorized storeroom in Rampurhat.