The Bharatiya Janata Party has sought the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and has demanded an investigation into the incident by Central agencies.

Birbhum violence: Eight people including two kids were charred to death on Tuesday when houses were set on fire in Bogtui village of Rampurhat shortly after a TMC leader, also the deputy chief of the village panchayat, was murdered.

Eight people -- all women and children -- were beaten and burnt alive by a mob on Tuesday.

Calcutta High Court asks State to halt investigation by Special Investigating Team and handover case to CBI

Eight people, including two children, were charred to death in Bogtui village of Bengal’s Birbhum district in the suspected fallout of a TMC panachayat official’s murder.

The HC bench ordered that all documents as well as the accused and suspects arrested in the case so far be handed over to the central probe agency

The CBI case will be monitored by a Joint Director-level officer and supervised by a DIG/SP-ranked official, they said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday filed cases in connection with the killing of eight people in West Bengal's Birbhum district, shortly after the Calcutta high court directed the central probe agency to take over investigation into the case, a senior official said.

Ganguly broke down as she raised the issue of eight people, including two children, being burnt to death in Bogtui village in Birbhum, saying to be born in West Bengal is not a crime.