Labhpur triple murder: Mukul Roy becomes accused, TMC MLA's

The police has submitted a supplementary charge sheet in a Birbhum district court in the politically significant Labhpur triple murder case of 2010, including the names of BJP leader Mukul Roy and TMC MLA Manirul Islam, among others as accused.

The name of Islam who joined the saffron camp earlier this year reappeared in the supplementary charge sheet after it had been dropped from the previous one filed in 2014, while Roy's name came up for the first time in the case.

The supplementary charge sheet was filed after the Calcutta High Court on September 4 directed the district police to probe the murder case afresh and submit its report within three months.

The police submitted the charge sheet before the Bolpur sub-divisional court on Saturday and included the names of 23 people as accused.

"As per the direction of the honourable high court, we have investigated the matter afresh and submitted the report before the court," Superintendent of Police Shyam Singh said on ...