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TMC chief Sheikh Shajahan on the Basirhat courtroom in North 24 Parganas on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)
A courtroom in West Bengal’s Basirhat on Sunday prolonged the CBI custody of Shajahan Sheikh, key accused in a mob assault on ED officers at Sandeshkhali, by one other 4 days on a prayer by the central company.
The Central Bureau of Investigation obtained custody of Sheikh on March 6 together with switch of investigation on an order of the Calcutta High Court.
Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers had been attacked once they went to raid the now suspended Trinamool Congress chief’s premises at Sandeshkhali.
The decide of the Basirhat courtroom in North 24 Parganas district granted extension of Sheikh’s custody to CBI by 4 days on a prayer by the central company.
The courtroom directed that Sheikh be produced earlier than it once more on March 14.
Sheikh was produced earlier than the Basirhat courtroom, round 70 km away from Kolkata the place he’s in CBI custody, beneath tight safety.
ED officers had been attacked by an round 1000-strong mob once they went to go looking the premises of Sheikh at Sandeshkhali on January 5 in reference to the company’s investigation into an alleged ration distribution rip-off case, through which a former minister of the state has been arrested.
Sheikh was arrested by the state police on February 29 a day after the excessive courtroom ordered that the CBI, ED or the West Bengal police might arrest him.
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First Published: Mar 10 2024 | 2:58 PM IST
