Three cases have been registered against the suspended ‘Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) leader Shahjahan Sheikh and others by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly attacking Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers during searches at Shahjahan Sheikh’s premises in January 2024.
Meanwhile, in West Bengal, the Crime Investigation Department (CID), along with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government has refused to hand over Shahjahan Sheikh to the CBI.
On Tuesday, the Calcutta High Court ordered the transfer of a probe to the CBI into a mob attack on ED officials when they went to search the premises of Sheikh in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district on January 5 in connection with a ration scam investigation.
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted leave to the ED to file a contempt petition against the West Bengal government over the state police not handing over custody of suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh to the CBI, despite an order to that effect.
The West Bengal government on Wednesday sought urgent listing of its plea in the Supreme Court challenging the high court’s order to transfer to the CBI the Investigation into the attack on ED officials.
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