Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan was arrested by West Bengal police on Thursday morning in connection with alleged incidents of 'sexual assault and land grabing' at Sandeshkhali.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Dilip Ghosh has alleged that Trinamool Congress's (TMC) strong man and a prime accused in Sandeshkhali violence and atrocities against women, Sheikh Shahjahan, brought "votes" and "money" to TMC and that's why he is not getting arrested.
In a joint operation, West Bengal police and Bihar police unearthed two illegal improvised firearms manufacturing units at Radhey Bigha Village in Bihar's Arwal district, on Friday.
Earlier on Thursday, Sukanta Majumdar was arrested by the West Bengal Police on Thursday while leading a protest against the Sandeshkhali incidents and released on a PR bond later.
The West Bengal police on Thursday opened up on the arrest of BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar saying he was arrested during his protest earlier in Sandeshkhali for violation of prohibitory orders under Section 144, which had been in force in the violence-hit area.
West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar was taken into custody by West Bengal Police after he sat on a protest demanding the arrest of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh in violence-hit Sandeshkhali of North 24 Parganas district.
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has condemned the attack on media freedom in West Bengal, where a TV journalist reporting on Sandeshkhali horrors was 'taken away' by West Bengal Police late Monday evening.
"We have arrested an active member of KLO (KN) (Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KN)) Tapas Roy from Kumargram in Alipurduar district," Sudip Bhattacharya, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Special Task Force (STF) Siliguri said speaking to ANI.