‘Trinamool leader ‘Sheikh Shahjahan’ should be arrested in the Sandeshkhali case’, said Calcutta High Court on Monday.
The court said that there is no stay on the arrest of Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shajahan, who has been accused of sexual assault and land grab in Sandeshkhali.
The court directed that Sheikh, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), CBI, and State home secretary be charged as parties in the suo motu matter initiated on the allegations of sexual atrocities on women and land grab of tribal people.
A division bench presided by Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam directed that a public notice should be given in newspapers by the high court registry stating that Sheikh has been charged in the matter, as he has not seen in public since a mob attack on ED officials on January 5.
The division bench said there is no restraining order on police from arresting Sheikh and the police can arrest him.
‘The matter will come up for hearing again on March 4’, directed the division bench, including Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya.
The state police on Monday arrested TMC leader Ajit Maiti from North 24 Parganas district on the charges of land grabbing from villagers which is another development in Sandeshkhali row.
Maiti considered a close aide of absconding TMC strongman Shahjahan Sheikh, was hindered on Sunday evening from the residence of a civic volunteer where he had locked himself for over four hours after being chased by villagers, he said.
“We have arrested him from Bermadjur area after getting complaints from villagers regarding land grabbing” the police officer said.
Maiti’s arrest comes in less than 24 hours after the TMC made him the area president in place of Shajahan’s brother Sheikh Sirajuddin.
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