Ten IPS officers appointed to assist SIT probe into Bengal post poll violence

The West Bengal government on Thursday formed a ten-member team of IPS officers to assist the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which was set up following the Calcutta High Court's order on August 19, to probe the post-poll violence in Bengal. The team, with two IPS officers in five zones each, will assist the core team of the SIT.

The five zones earmarked are Headquarters, Kolkata, North, South and West zones. Senior IPS officer Praveen Kumar Tripathi, DIG Malda Range, will be assisting the investigation in the North zone, according to a state government order. The team will also include IPS officer SN Gupta, Additional DG, South Bengal, who will assist in the investigation in the South zone.