New Delhi: A court docket in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Thursday ordered the remand of suspended Trinamool Congress chief Shajahan Sheikh in reference to a case associated to the mob assault on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers in Sandeshkhali in January.
Sheikh, who has been in custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) since March 6, noticed the investigation of the case transferred from the state police to the central company by the Calcutta Excessive Court docket, reported PTI.
In the course of the court docket proceedings earlier than the First Extra Judicial Justice of the Peace in Basirhat, Sheikh, together with two others, was remanded to judicial custody till April 9.
The incident occurred on January 5 when ED officers had been assaulted by a mob throughout a raid on Sheikh’s premises in Sandeshkhali as a part of the company’s probe into an alleged ration distribution rip-off. The raid resulted within the arrest of a former state minister.
Following his arrest, the TMC additionally eliminated Sheikh from all get together positions, as per the PTI report.
Sheikh, recognized as a key suspect in circumstances involving sexual assault and land encroachment in Sandeshkhali, had evaded arrest for 55 days earlier than being apprehended by state authorities on February 29.
The rise of Sheikh began in the direction of the fag finish of the erstwhile Left Entrance rule in Bengal. After spending just a few years as a helper in passenger automobile providers from Sandeshkhali to Sarberia, he bought into the fish enterprise, the PTI report added.
“Certainly one of his maternal uncles was into pisciculture and Shajahan began serving to him. After just a few years and fast improvement in enterprise, they grew to become No. 1 within the commerce in Sandeshkhali space,” a retired police officer, who was posted within the North 24 Parganas district throughout that point, instructed PTI.
On his household background, the ex-police officer hinted at Sheikh’s roots in Bangladesh, from the place he allegedly crossed the borders to come back to West Bengal throughout the late 90s.