Apex court setback to Mamata

• SC upholds HC order for CBI probe into custodial death
• A TMC worker died at a police station in Hooghly district

New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Mamata Banerjee government's plea challenging a Calcutta high court order for aCBI probe into the alleged custodial death of aTrinamool Congress worker in Dhaniakhali police station area in Hooghly district. "We are not inclined to entertain it," a bench of justices AK Patnaik and Ranjan Gogoi said on the West Bengal government's petition. The High Court had on May 13 ordered a CBI probe in the case and had directed the CID, which was investigating the case, to hand over all papers and documents with regard to the case to the central agency. Nasiruddin, a Trinamool Congress worker, was allegedly picked up by officers of Dhaniakhali police station on January 18 from near his house in connection with a case regarding registration papers of his newly-bought small transport vehicle. A friend of Nasiruddin was allegedly called to the police station in the late hours of January 18 and was asked to take him to hospital claiming that he was not well. Doctors declared him brought dead. The state government handed over the investigation CID following a furore over the death. A PIL was then filed by an advocate praying for a CBI investigation claiming that a fair and impartial investigation was not possible by any state agency as the allegation was against the state police.