The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is prone to transfer the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom on Wednesday towards the West Bengal authorities for not handing over suspended TMC chief Shahjahan Sheikh’s custody to the CBI, a extremely positioned supply stated.
The event got here within the wake of the ED mentioning earlier than excessive court docket Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam within the night that the state CID didn’t adjust to the court docket’s order at hand the accused over to the CBI by 4.30 pm on Tuesday. The Chief Justice requested the company’s counsel to maneuver an utility earlier than the court docket on Wednesday, the supply stated. Performing on the court docket order, CBI officers reportedly waited for over two hours on the CID headquarters in Bhavani Bhawan for Sheikh’s custody however returned empty-handed after the state company cited the West Bengal authorities transferring the Supreme Courtroom on the matter.
“We’ve got not handed him over to CBI because the state authorities has moved the supreme court docket,” a CID official stated.
Earlier within the day, a division bench presided by the Chief Justice had directed the switch of investigation to the CBI right into a mob assault on ED officers once they went to look the premises of Sheikh in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district on January 5 in reference to a ration rip-off probe.
Following the arrest of Sheikh on February 29 by the state police in reference to the assault, the West Bengal authorities handed over the matter to the CID.
The Calcutta Excessive Courtroom on Tuesday directed the state authorities at hand over to the CBI the case of mob assault on ED officers at Sandeshkhali and the custody of suspended TMC chief Shajahan Sheikh, whereas slamming the West Bengal Police for “completely biased” conduct and stated each try was being made to delay the probe to “defend” the accused.
Inside hours of the HC acceding to the ED’s request, the Bengal authorities moved the Supreme Courtroom difficult the order however an apex court docket bench refused an pressing itemizing of the plea and requested the state’s counsel to say the matter earlier than the Registrar Normal as an alternative.
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