When a ghastly crime becomes fodder for ‘Khela hobey’ politics, it’s changing time

Mamata Banerjee's 'order' to the police on Monday (Aug 12) to find the perpetrator(s) by Sunday (Aug 18) or else she would have the case transferred to CBI, sounds like a deadline to clean up evidence. But with Calcutta High Court forcing her hand by transferring the case to CBI on Aug 14, she upped the stake by demanding the central investigators complete their probe by this Sunday (today) and ensure the guilty are 'hanged'.