Kolkata: A group of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which had arrived on the West Bengal Police Headquarters earlier on Wednesday, lastly received the custody of TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, who’s going through allegations of sexual abuse and land grabbing within the Sandeshkhali. The CBI group had arrived on the Bhabani Bhaban Police Headquarters in Kolkata to take custody of Sheikh Shahjahan. Earlier than handing him over to the CBI, Sheikh Shahjahan was taken to the SSKM hospital for a medical examination by the West Bengal Crime Investigation Division (CID).
The Calcutta Excessive Courtroom earlier set a brand new deadline – 4.15 PM – for the West Bengal Crime Investigation Division (CID) at hand over Shahjahanh Sheikh to the central probe company.
#WATCH | Sandeshkhali accused Shahjahan Sheikh introduced again to Bhabani Bhaban Police Headquarters in Kolkata, West Bengal after his medical examination at SSKM hospital.
Handing over process features a medical examination of the accused. Calcutta Excessive Courtroom right this moment noticed… pic.twitter.com/0NU8LhniZm
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In a serious improvement, the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom earlier issued a contempt discover to the West Bengal CID, directing them to switch the custody of Shahjahan Sheikh, a former Trinamool Congress determine going through allegations of extortion, land grabbing, and sexual assault in Sandeshkhali, to the CBI by the night.
Excessive Courtroom’s Directive To CID
The Calcutta Excessive Courtroom, expressing dissatisfaction with the state police’s dealing with of the matter, ordered the switch of custody to the CBI by 4:15 pm on Wednesday. Describing Sheikh as a distinguished political influencer, the courtroom emphasised the necessity for a radical investigation by the CBI and directed the custody switch by 4:15 pm.
Handover of Sandeshkhali accused Shahjahan Sheikh to CBI | Calcutta Excessive Courtroom observes that state police have performed conceal and search within the matter. The accused is a extremely political influencer. The investigation needs to be handed over to CBI and the custody of the accused by 4:15… pic.twitter.com/mON31HihnF
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Regardless of a earlier courtroom order, the West Bengal authorities had refused to switch Sheikh’s custody to the CBI. Consequently, a CBI group dispatched to assert his custody departed from Kolkata’s police headquarters with out their supposed prize on Tuesday, leaving the authorized tug-of-war unresolved. This resolution prompted the pressing listening to of a plea within the Supreme Courtroom difficult the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom’s directive for a CBI inquiry into the Sandeshkhali incident involving an assault on Enforcement Directorate officers.
PM Meets Sandeshkhali Assault Victims
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assembly with feminine victims of the Sandeshkhali assault on Wednesday additional highlighted the gravity of the scenario. Described as a compassionate interplay, PM Modi listened to the victims’ accounts attentively and empathetically. He characterised the affected girls as a part of his prolonged household and criticized the Trinamool Congress (TMC) authorities for allegedly shielding the perpetrators.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met girls victims from Sandeshkhali. They put ahead their ordeal and PM heard them patiently like a father determine. The victims have been very emotional with the truth that PM Modi understood their ache: BJP sources
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PM Modi additionally strongly condemned the TMC authorities’s dealing with of the Sandeshkhali incident, accusing it of neglecting the welfare of its residents, significantly girls. He criticized the federal government’s alleged failure to deal with the issues raised by the judiciary and highlighted the continuing atrocities in opposition to girls, particularly these from marginalized communities.
“Below TMC’s rule, the ladies of this land have been tortured. No matter occurred in Sandeshkhali will put anybody to disgrace however the TMC authorities doesn’t care about your points. TMC authorities is hell-bent on saving the perpetrator. Their acts have been first condemned by the Excessive Courtroom after which the Supreme Courtroom as nicely. TMC leaders have dedicated atrocities on the ladies of the state. Leaders of TMC are torturing the ladies from poor, Dalit, and Adivasis teams. TMC authorities trusts its leaders greater than it trusts the ladies of Bengal. TMC has full confidence of their chief however not within the girls of West Bengal,” the Prime Minister stated.
After a protracted interval of inaction, Shahjahan Sheikh was apprehended by the West Bengal police on February 29. Subsequently, he was remanded to 10-day police custody by the Basirhat Courtroom in West Bengal.
