The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged crimes against women, and forcible land-grab in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali.
West bengal's Sandeshkhali, situated in North 24 Parganas, has been hitting the headlines over allegations by scores of women against now-arrested TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh of land-grabbing and sexual violence.
TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh was arrested in February in a case pertaining to a mob attack on a team of Enforcement Directorate (ED) when they had gone to search his premises in Sandeshkhali on January 5 in connection with a ration scam probe.
The Calcutta High Court on March 5 ordered to transfer the investigation into the attack ED officials in Sandeshkhali on January 5 from the West Bengal Police to the CBI. The case was transferred to the CBI after resistance by the Bengal government, which had even moved the Supreme Court against the High Corut order.
On March 6, Sheikh Shahjahan was handed over to the CBI.
A team of ED officials was attacked by a nearly 1,000-strong mob on January 5 when they went to raid the house of TMC's Shahjahan Sheikh, who allegedly has close links with arrested former state food minister Jyoti Priya Mallick, in connection with the multi-crore ration distribution scam in West Bengal.
