India, Aug. 26 -- The Calcutta high court on Tuesday directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal police to probe the July 12 death of two Bharatiya Janata Party workers in East Midnapore district, said lawyers who attended the hearing on a petition seeking probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

"The single bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh ordered that a CID team headed by a deputy inspector general (DIG) will probe the deaths and file a progress report before the court on September 25," a lawyer said, requesting anonymity.

Justice Ghosh ordered the CID investigation after observing during Monday's hearing that CBI probes have become gallery shows.

"Justice Ghosh observed on Monday that CBI prob...