KOLKATA: Calcutta high court on Wednesday ordered a court-monitored CBI investigation into multiple complaints about crimes against women and land grabbing in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, home of arrested former Trinamool Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan.Hearing a petition for an inquiry commission led by a retired high court judge, a division bench of Chief Justice T S…
KOLKATA: Even if one affidavit was found to be accurate, it would be a matter of shame, Calcutta HC remarked Thursday, expressing deep concern over the contents of affidavits presented before it during a hearing on a PIL seeking an independent investigation into the Sandeshkhali sexual harassment allegations.A division bench comprising Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam…
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court on Thursday slammed the Bengal government while hearing the Sandeshkhali violence case. Calling the case ‘extremely shameful, if true’ the court pulled up the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led government, saying safety of citizens falls entirely within their ‘responsibility.’Sandeshkhali, located in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, has become a…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday arrested Sandeshkhali accused and now suspended TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan after interrogation in a Prevention of Money Laundary Act case.The central agency interrogated Shahjahan at the Basirhat Sub Correctional Home in North 24 Parganas district. Shahjahan will now be produced before ED special court.Shahjahan was first arrested by…
