Suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh was key conspirator behind attack on ED officials, says CBI
Apart from Sheikh, his brother Alamgir and his aides Shiba Prasad Hazra and Deedar Baksh have also been named in a chargesheet filed by the agency.
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Suspended Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh was the key conspirator behind the alleged attack in January on Enforcement Directorate officials in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali village, said the Central Bureau of Investigation in a chargesheet filed on Tuesday, reported The Hindu.
On January 5, the officials of the Enforcement Directorate were allegedly attacked by a mob with stones, bricks and batons at Sandeshkhali in the state’s North 24 Parganas district. The attack occurred when the officials were raiding Sheikh’s house in connection with an alleged ration distribution scam.
Sheikh was arrested by the police on February 29. His custody was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation on March 6 on directions from the Calcutta High Court.
In the over 100-page chargesheet filed in a Basirhat court, the Central Bureau of Investigation has named seven accused, including Sheikh, his brother Alamgir, and his aides Shiba Prasad Hazra and Deedar Baksh, reported The Indian Express.
While Hazra was arrested on February 17, the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Baksh on March 11.
The chargesheet has been filed under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act. Further investigation is underway.
Sheikh and his associates Hazra and Uttam Sardar have also been accused by a group of women in Sandeshkhali of sexual assault...
