The West Bengal authorities on Tuesday approached the Supreme Courtroom towards the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom order directing that the case concerning the assault on Enforcement Directorate officers in Sandeshkhali be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation, reported Bar and Bench.
On January 5, the Enforcement Directorate officers have been allegedly attacked once they have been finishing up raids on the home of Trinamool Congress chief Shahjahan Sheikh in reference to an alleged ration distribution rip-off.
Sheikh was arrested by the police on February 29.
On Tuesday, a Excessive Courtroom bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya overturned an earlier order underneath which a Particular Investigation Staff comprising members of the state police was constituted to analyze the matter.
The courtroom additionally directed West Bengal to switch the custody of Sheikh and all paperwork associated to the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Hours later, the West Bengal authorities challenged the Excessive Courtroom’s order earlier than a Supreme Courtroom bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna. The Supreme Courtroom directed the papers to be positioned earlier than the Chief Justice of India for case to be listed.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday registered a primary info report within the case, reported The Indian Specific. A crew of the central company, accompanied by paramilitary personnel, arrived on the Crime Investigation Division in Kolkata to take Sheikh into custody.
The police, nevertheless, refused at hand him over, saying the matter was earlier than the courtroom.
Sheikh and his associates Shiba Prasad Hazra and Uttam Sardar have additionally been accused by a number of girls in Sandeshkhali of sexual assault and land-grabbing. The ladies have alleged that Sheikh and his associates used to survey houses to search for younger girls, whom they might take to the occasion workplace and sexually assault.
Whereas Sardar was arrested on February 11, Hazra was arrested on February 17.
NCW chief recommends President’s rule
Nationwide Fee for Ladies chairperson Rekha Sharma on Tuesday met with President Droupadi Murmu and beneficial President’s rule in West Bengal, citing the allegations of sexual assault and violence in Sandeshkhali, reported PTI.
“Sandeshkhali just isn’t an remoted incident,” Sharma instructed the information company after assembly Murmu. “Beforehand additionally, many incidents of violence have been reported within the state and no motion has been taken by the state authorities.”
Sharma mentioned the president instructed her she was conscious of the state of affairs in Sandeshkhali and was carefully monitoring it.
In February, Nationwide Fee for Scheduled Castes chief Arun Halder had additionally beneficial that President’s ule be imposed in West Bengal.