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Former Trinamool Congress chief Sheikh Shahjahan. (PTI picture)
The supply expressed that the state authorities’s denial was ‘unusual,’ contemplating the order got here from the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom instructing the switch of the investigation to the central company
Following West Bengal’s authorities refusal on Tuesday at hand over former TMC chief Shahjahan Sheikh, the principle suspect within the Sandeshkhali case, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), sources from the investigative company knowledgeable CNN-News18 that they plan to make one other try on Wednesday.
The supply expressed that the state authorities’s denial was ‘unusual,’ contemplating the order got here from the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom instructing the switch of the investigation to the central company.
“They denied on the grounds that they’ve approached the Supreme Courtroom, and now we have not obtained any order relating to a keep thus far. As now we have already registered an FIR within the case, we’re additionally probe company and can attain out once more for a similar,” the supply said.
Earlier within the day, the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom ordered the switch of investigation into an assault on Enforcement Directorate officers at Sandeshkhali on January 5 from the West Bengal Police to the CBI.
The courtroom additionally directed that the custody of Shajahan Sheikh, who was arrested by the West Bengal police on February 29 in reference to the assault, be handed over to the central company.
Hours after the excessive courtroom issued its order, the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC authorities approached the Supreme Courtroom, contesting the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom’s choice to switch the investigation to the CBI.
In the meantime, in one other main replace in regards to the Sandeshkhali case, the Enforcement Directorate stated it had provisionally hooked up movable and immovable property price Rs 12.78 crore in reference to the Sheikh Shahjahan case.
