Sheikh Shahjahan Suspended: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) suspended Sheikh Shahjahan, the main accused in the Sandeshkhali case, for 6 years. TMC also targeted BJP and demanded that it also expel Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and Ajay Mishra Teni from the party.
While addressing a press conference on Thursday (February 29, 2024) on behalf of the party, Derek O’Brien said, “It has been decided to suspend Sheikh Shahjahan from TMC for 6 years. This is because there are two types of parties. One party just speaks and we do.
In fact, many women of Sandeshkhali have alleged that Sheikh Shahjahan and his associates sexually harassed them. They have also encroached upon the land. Sheikh Shahjahan, who was absconding, was arrested on Thursday.
#WATCH , TMC leader Derek O’Brien in Kolkata announces, “TMC has decided to suspend Sheikh Shahjahan from the party for six years.” pic.twitter.com/AYq3wtktBR
— ANI (@ANI) February 29, 2024
Sheikh Shahjahan sent into custody
Additional Director General of Police (South Bengal) Supratim Sarkar said Sheikh Shahjahan was arrested from a house in Minakhan police station area, about 30 km from Sandeshkhali on the outskirts of Sundarban in North 24 Parganas district. Police said that Sheikh was hiding in that house along with some associates. The court has sent him to police custody for 10 days.
Calcutta High Court had said on Wednesday itself that CBI, Enforcement Directorate (ED) or West Bengal Police can arrest Sheikh. Within 24 hours Sheikh was taken into custody.
ED team was attacked
On January 5, a mob of about a thousand people attacked ED officials in Sandeshkhali when they had gone to raid Sheikh’s premises in connection with the investigation into the alleged ration distribution scam in the state. Since then he was absconding.
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