Sheikh, going through allegations of sexual misconduct and land encroachment in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, was apprehended on Thursday morning, police stated. (File picture)
The ED alleged non-cooperation from the Bengal Police and urged the courtroom to carry them in contempt
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday approached the Calcutta Excessive Court docket, saying West Bengal Police is just not cooperating with the federal company within the case involving Shahjahan Sheikh, the prime accused within the Sandeshkhali case.
The ED alleged non-cooperation from the Bengal Police and urged the courtroom to carry them in contempt. A division bench comprising justices Harish Tandon and Hiranmay Bhattacharyya granted depart to the ED to file a contempt petition in opposition to the West Bengal authorities.
Showing for the ED, Deputy Solicitor Basic Dhiraj Trivedi prayed for depart to file the contempt petition and sought an pressing listening to of the matter, claiming that it was dropping valuable time of Sheikh’s custody to the CBI.
The excessive courtroom had on Tuesday directed the switch of investigation to the CBI right into a mob assault on ED officers once they went to go looking the premises of Sheikh in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district on January 5 in reference to a ration rip-off probe.
SC Denies Reduction To Bengal
The West Bengal authorities advised the Supreme Court docket that the switch of investigation within the Sandeshkhali case to the CBI in a “cursory method” violates the legislation laid down by the apex courtroom. Nonetheless, the apex courtroom denied any reduction to the state authorities.
The federal government on Tuesday moved the apex courtroom difficult the Calcutta Excessive Court docket’s order at hand over papers and former TMC chief Sheikh Shahjahan to the CBI by 4:30 pm on Tuesday. In its plea, accessed by CNN-News18, the federal government stated the Calcutta Excessive Court docket’s order violates the state’s proper to judicial evaluate of the ruling.
The federal government additionally stated that the order forged “unsubstantiated aspersions” on the state’s investigating company by directing the switch of the probe to the CBI.
Bengal’s CID Refused Shahjahan’s Custody to CBI
Sleuths of the CBI reportedly waited for over two hours on the CID headquarters in Bhavani Bhawan for Sheikh’s custody, however returned empty-handed, after the state company stated the West Bengal authorities had moved the Supreme Court docket on the matter on Tuesday night.
Sheikh was arrested by the West Bengal Police on February 29 in reference to the assault on ED officers, following which the state authorities handed over the case to the CID.
Each, the ED and the West Bengal authorities moved separate appeals within the excessive courtroom difficult a single bench order which had on January 17 ordered the formation of a joint particular investigation staff (SIT) of the CBI and the state police to probe the mob assault on the ED officers. Whereas the ED wished the probe to be transferred to the CBI solely, the state prayed that the investigation be given to its police.
What Calcutta HC Stated
The Calcutta Excessive Court docket on Tuesday transferred the probe into the January 5 assault on monetary probe company Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali by a mob of jailed and suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Shahjahan Sheikh’s supporters to the CBI.
The courtroom had directed the police to switch custody of Shahjahan, in addition to case supplies, by 4.30 pm to CBI. At 7.30 pm a CBI staff left the police HQ in Kolkata empty-handed.
Observing {that a} truthful, sincere and full investigation is required and this alone will retain the general public confidence within the neutral working of the state businesses, the Excessive Court docket stated that it has no hesitation in its thoughts to carry that this confidence has been shaken in reference to this case. “There will be no higher case than the case available which requires to be transferred to be investigated by CBI,” the division bench noticed.
