Three days after CBI’s discovery of a large tranche of arms and explosives in Sandeshkhali made headlines, a massive manhunt is underway for Abu Taleb Mollah, Sheikh Shahjahan’s aide and owner of the residence from where the weapons were seized.
Following the January 5 attacks on the ED officials in Sandeshkhali, a lot weapons were transferred from Shahjahan’s house to many places under the supervision of Taleb’s relative, who is a Trinamool leader.
Asked if Taleb is being shielded by the Bengal police, Rajya Sabha MP and state BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said that it’s likely as the local police acts under TMC’s direction.
Bhattacharya said, ‘These are not ordinary weapons. There is an international connection and Shahjahan is in the center of everything. If the state administration is not ready to assist the central investigation forces, then the net result is zero. It is the TMC’s agenda to establish a hegemony over that area. That is why the police is working in the same direction’.
According to the media reports, the CBI is all set to approach the Basurhat court on Monday in order to add new provisions under the arms and explosives act. Suspicion over these arms being used to target ED officials during January 5 attacks are seemingly growing. The central investigation agency is faced with all these questions – How many days old are these weapons or were they freshly acquired ? And if at all, they were used in the first place. The missing clues in the puzzle lies in the ballistics testing of the seized weapons.
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