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Sheikh was arrested by the state police on February 29, a day after the excessive court docket ordered that the CBI, ED or the West Bengal police may arrest him | Photo: Twitter
The CBI has summoned 9 shut aides and associates of suspended TMC chief Shahjahan Sheikh to seem earlier than the company on Monday, officers mentioned.
The company suspects that these 9 people had been allegedly a part of the assault on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers on January 5 and instigated the group to focus on the crew after they went to raid the premises of Sheikh at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal, they mentioned.
Sheikh, whose position within the assault is underneath probe, is underneath the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) until March 14, the officers mentioned.
The CBI has taken over investigation in three instances associated to incidents on January 5 when ED officers had been attacked by an round 1000-strong mob after they went to go looking the premises of Sheikh in reference to the company’s investigation into an alleged ration distribution rip-off case, during 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 court docket ordered that the CBI, ED or the West Bengal police may arrest him.
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First Published: Mar 11 2024 | 1:08 PM IST
