CID on Friday took over the Bankura child trafficking case in which the principal of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya has been arrested.

Police officers said after nine persons were arrested and five children were rescued from the custody of the accused principal and one of
her female colleagues, the state government wanted to have a deeper probe of the incident.

“The CID had taken over the case. They will do further investigation,” said Bankura police Chief Dhritiman Sarkar.

On Friday, a five-member team of the CID headed by an inspector reached Bankura police station and formally took over charge of the
case.

The CID sleuths interrogated five persons, including the principal of central school Kamal Kumar Rajoria, for several hours on Friday to know details about the children.

Bankura police on Sunday night arrested Rajoria and seven others, including a female colleague of the principal and her banker husband, for their connection with a child racket. The principal was replaced on Thursday.

Police sources said, one of the arrested persons, who worked as a middleman to sell the children, had recently bought a plot and was preparing to construct a new house.

“We will take details of properties of the accused to know whether there were more children who have already been trafficked” said a police source.