The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday found a large number of arms and ammunitions, including foreign-made pistol and revolvers, during search operations conducted at two premises in North 24 Parganas district’s Sandeshkhali, in connection with the attack on the Enforcement Directorate officials on January 5 by followers of now suspended Trinamool leader Shahjahan … Read more
CBI registered three FIRs on Tuesday hours after the Calcutta High Court ordered a probe by the federal agency into the attack on Enforcement Directorate officials at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district. While one of the FIRs mentions suspended – and arrested – Trinamul Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh as the prime accused, … Read more
Coming down heavily on Trinamool Congress for its “grave sin” in Sandeshkhali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the “aakrosh (storm) of narishakti” in Sandeshkhali will not be restricted to Sandeshkhali alone but will sweep across West Bengal. Addressing a public rally in Barasat, he slammed Trinamool’s political culture and reluctance to act … Read more
Reported By: Kamalika Sengupta Last Updated: March 06, 2024, 19:12 IST Kolkata [Calcutta], India Former Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh. (PTI photo) West Bengal police hand over TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh to CBI amid political tussle. High Court orders transfer of custody in ED officers attack case West Bengal police handed over TMC leader Shahjahan … Read more
On West Bengal govt being denied relief by SC in CBI handover of Shahjahan Sheikh, BJP National Spokesperson Shehzad Ponawalla said, “There is ‘Beti Bachao’ andolan in the country, but in West Bengal, there is ‘Shahjahan bachao’ andolan… Mamata Banerjee defends Shahjahan who is the perpetrator of the worst kind of crimes against women…All the … Read more
Last Updated: March 05, 2024, 22:46 IST Former Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan. (PTI photo) The source expressed that the state government’s denial was ‘strange,’ considering the order came from the Calcutta High Court instructing the transfer of the investigation to the central agency Following West Bengal’s government refusal on Tuesday to hand over former … Read more
Last Updated: March 04, 2024, 14:11 IST He was remanded to Shahjahan Sheikh was remanded 10 days of police custody by a local court. The Calcutta High Court stated that the court had “no sympathy” for the Trinamool leader, thus asking his lawyers to appear before it on March 4 The Calcutta High Court reserved … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two-day visit to West Bengal ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections where he will lay the foundation stone for and inaugurate several development projects in Arambagh and Krishna Nagar. Taking his ‘Vikas’ push to another level in the eastern state, where the BJP is locked in … Read more
The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday commended the arrest of Shajahan Sheikh, a party leader accused of torturing villagers in trouble-torn Sandeshkhali, attributing it to court’s facilitation of legal action and accused the opposition of exploiting the previous embargo on his arrest. In contrast, the BJP dismissed Sheikh’s arrest as contrived, asserting that he … Read more
Last Updated: February 29, 2024, 12:40 IST West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari left for Sandeshkhali on a boat on Thursday. (ANI) Shahjahan Sheikh Arrest: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, which had claimed that Sheikh was in ‘safe custody’ of state police since Tuesday night, dubbed the arrest as scripted. Declaring Trinamool Congress (TMC) strongman Shajahan … Read more
