North 24 Parganas: Hours after arrest, the Trinamool Congress on Thursday suspended strongman Shahjahan Sheikh for six years. “We’ve got determined to Droop Sheikh Shahjahan from the occasion for six years,” TMC chief Derek O’Brien mentioned in Kolkata.
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Earlier in the present day, West Bengal’s Basirhat Courtroom remanded Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Sheikh Shahjahan to 10-day police custody. Lawyer Raja Bhowmick, who represented Shahjahan in courtroom, mentioned, “14-day police custody (of Sheikh Shahjahan) was demanded, however the courtroom allowed 10-day custody.” “On March 10, he will probably be produced in courtroom once more,” Raja Bhowmick mentioned.
Shahjahan was arrested by West Bengal police on Thursday morning in reference to an alleged assault on ED officers throughout a raid in January earlier this yr.
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose known as Shahjahan’s arrest an ‘eye-opener’, including that it’s only the ‘starting’. “Immediately in Bengal, we see the start of an finish. The arrest of the prime accused within the Sandeshkhali incidents is an eye-opener for everybody. That is solely the start. We’ve got to place an finish to violence in Bengal,” Ananda Bose mentioned.
“In lots of pockets of Bengal, all of us realise that gangsters are ruling unchecked by legislation enforcement companies. What we see is just the tip of the iceberg. ‘Gundaraj’ may be very a lot there in lots of pockets of Bengal. Sturdy motion must be taken. This must be nipped within the bud,” he added.
He additional mentioned that thoughtful motion needs to be taken to stop such incidents from occurring sooner or later.
“We’ve got to attend. In democratic governance, we now have to attend for justice to be accomplished. If any lapses have taken place from the federal government or some other authority, we nonetheless have time to look into that,” the governor mentioned.
“Now, what’s required is a thoughtful motion to see that these sorts of issues don’t occur in future. Motion must be taken towards a specific wrongdoer who has been apprehended. My suggestion for all of the gangsters is – deal with this as an event to give up, in any other case, preventive motion must be taken,” he added.
Shahjahan had been evading arrest by each state and central companies for over a month.
Chief of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari alleged that the arrest was a ‘mutual adjustment’. “This isn’t an arrest, it is a mutual adjustment. Until the central companies take him into their custody, the folks there will not get justice. He’ll get five-star services in jail. He’ll use his cell phone inside and management the realm from there,” the LoP mentioned whereas talking to reporters whereas on the best way to Sandeshkhali on Thursday.
Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district had been witnessing widespread protests towards TMC strongman Shahjahan Sheikh this month as a bit of ladies have been looking for justice towards alleged atrocities dedicated by the TMC chief.
Numerous ladies in Sandeshkhali had accused Shajahan Sheikh and his shut aides of “land-grab and sexual assault” below coercion.
