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Girl Kidnapped in WB: CBI Takes Over Case; ‘Political Functionaries’ Role to Be Probed

Last Updated: February 19, 2024, 20:02 IST The Calcutta High Court had handed over the probe to the CBI on February 8 this year, they said. (Image: Representative/File) The agency’s action comes on the Calcutta High Court’s directions where the 14-year old girl’s parents, had in a petition, alleged that their daughter had left home at 6 PM on August 9, 2023, for her studies but did not return The CBI has taken over the investigation into alleged kidnapping of a teenaged girl from West Bengal’s Bardhaman district in which the role of functionaries of the “ruling dispensation” is under scanner, officials on Monday said. The agency’s action comes on the Calcutta High Court’s directions where the 14-year old girl’s parents, had in a petition, alleged that their daughter had left home at 6 PM on August 9, 2023, for her studies but did not return. They said that the local police was reluctant to take the probe but after much insistence they registered a case in which not much progress was made. They had …