SC supersedes Calcatta HC on CBI probe, forms SIT: 'Giving probes routinely to investigating agency burdens it, saps police morale'

The Supreme Court formed a three-member SIT to investigate allegations of custodial torture of two women arrested for protesting against the R G Kar hospital rape-murder and allegedly threatening an MP's daughter. This modifies the Calcutta High Court's order for a CBI probe, aiming to reduce the burden on the CBI and boost the morale of state police.