As the TMC moved the Supreme Court, challenging the Calcutta High Court order to transfer the probe into the attack on an ED team in Sandeshkhali to the CBI, a team from the premier central probe agency on Tuesday arrived at the CID headquarters in Kolkata to take jailed suspended ruling
The Chief Justice Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court has also ordered to hand over the custody of suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) strongman Sheikh Shahjahan to the CBI.
Amid the raging political war of words between the ruling TMC and the Opposition BJP over the arrest of strongman and key Sandeshkhali-accused Sheikh Shahjahan, the Centre's independent fact-finding team on Sunday visited the island in Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.
Amid reports that Sandeshkhali prime accused Sheikh Shahjahan is not cooperating with the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID), state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that officers from the CID will lose their lives if they question the Trinamool Congress strongman.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers including the party's Mahila Morcha workers and Bhopal Mayor Malti Rai burned an effigy of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday while protesting against the Sandeshkhali incident.
Launching a scathing attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government over the arrest of of absconding strongman and Sandeshkhali accused Sheikh Shahjahan, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday said that he had never seen such a 'ruthless' Chief Minister like Mamata Banerjee and alleged
Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, who filed PIL in the Supreme Court and sought an independent probe in the Sandeshkhali incident, said on Thursday that it was surprising that after court allowed the CBI and ED to arrest Sheikh Shahjahan, within a few hours he was arrested by the West Bengal p
After the arrest of absconding TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, who was on the run for 55 days, West Bengal Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said that the TMC has never taken any step to shield any offender.
Taking a dig at the TMC government and West Bengal Police over the arrest of absconding strongman and Sandeshkhali accused Sheikh Shahjahan, and, his 10-day remand, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Thursday said he has been put under the 'mehman-nawazi' (hospitality) of the state p
TMC leader Derek O'Brien held a press conference here today and said that by the time West Bengal Police was given freedom, it took two days to arrest the culprit.
After the West Bengal police arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan, the party MP said the action proved that the state government follows 'Rajdharma' in an administrative manner.