The Supreme Court Wednesday transferred to CBI two
FIRs lodged against West Bengal BJP leader Kabir Shankar Bose pertaining to the
2020 scuffle between his security staff and Trinamool Congress workers.
A bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice Pankaj
Mithal gave its judgment on a plea filed by Bose seeking direction for
transferring the investigation into the case to CBI, an SIT or any independent
agency from the West Bengal Police.
"In the peculiar facts of this case a writ of
mandamus is issued to the respondents to hand over the investigation papers
pursuant to the two FIRs to the CBI along with all records for its completion
so that if necessary, the trial may commence, and justice is done to the
parties," the bench said.
Bose had also sought a stay of investigation and
further proceedings in FIRs lodged against him by the West Bengal Police
pertaining to the alleged scuffle.
In his plea, Bose had claimed that on December 6, he
along with his CISF guards came under heavy attack and sloganeering in West
Bengal's Serampore under the leadership of one Santosh Kumar Singh alias Pappu
Singh just outside his residence around 8 pm.
"As part of the protocol, CISF immediately
secured the petitioner in a secured location and removed him from the spot.
What ensued thereafter was protocol on the part of CISF to secure their
protectee's life and the Petitioner was not even present on the spot.
"Till 2 am, the entire building was under siege
by over 200 TMC hooligans led by Kalyan Banerji, the sitting member of
parliament of the area supported actively by the state police," his plea
said.