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Sandeshkhali: Suspended TMC Leader Shahjahan Sheikh Handed Over To CBI As Court Deadline Ends

The CBI had failed to get the custody of Shahjahan Sheikh from the West Bengal CID even after waiting for more than two hours on Tuesday.

The CBI got the custody of suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh, who is an accused in the Sandeshkhali ED official attack case, from the CID on Wednesday evening, after a fresh directive by the Calcutta High Court earlier today.

A team of CBI officials reached Bhabani Bhaban Police Headquarters before 4 PM. But the handover from the state agency took place at around 6:48 PM, according to PTI.  

“Shahjahan Sheikh was handed over to the CBI,” a CID official said.

The CBI had failed to get the custody of Shahjahan Sheikh from the West Bengal CID even after waiting for more than two hours on Tuesday.

The CID had then said the leader of Sandeshkhali was not handed over to the central agency as the state government has moved the Supreme Court against an order of the Calcutta High Court.

Sheikh was arrested in a case related to a mob attack on ED officials at Sandeshkhali on January 5 when the central agency had gone to search his premises in connection with an alleged ration distribution scam.

The CID had argued that Shahjahan Sheikh was not handed over to the central agency as the state government had moved the Supreme Court against an order of the Calcutta High Court.

But the Supreme Court bench refused an urgent listing of the plea and asked the state's counsel to mention the matter before the Registrar General.

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