Kolkata, May 18 -- Fresh action has been initiated in connection with the 2021 post-poll violence cases in West Bengal, with authorities starting 458 new enquiries, registering 181 new FIRs and reopening 59 cases where final reports had earlier been submitted.

The process of investigation and reopening of cases is continuing.

The developments come after West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari directed police across the state to enforce provisions under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and register FIRs in all uninvestigated murder and assault cases linked to the 2021 post-poll violence.

Adhikari had urged victims and their families to come forward and lodge complaints even if they did not possess evidence, assuring them that inves...