Sandeshkhali ED officials attack case: CBI gets custody of Shajahan Sheikh from West Bengal CID

Kolkata, March 6

The CBI on Wednesday got the custody of Sandeshkhali ED officials attack case accused Shajahan Sheikh from the West Bengal CID, following two orders by the Calcutta High Court to do so on two consecutive days.

In a fresh directive on Wednesday, the high court directed the state government to “immediately implement” its Tuesday’s judgement to transfer a case on the attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials at Sandeshkhali to the CBI and hand over custody of the main accused Sheikh to the central agency.

A team of CBI officials reached CID headquarters Bhawani Bhawan before 4 pm. But the handover from the state agency took place at around 6.48 pm, despite the Calcutta High Court setting a deadline of 4.15 pm.

“Shajahan Sheikh was handed over to the CBI,” a CID official said. The CID took him to a state-run hospital for a medical check-up before handing him over to the CBI.

The CBI officials are likely to take him to an ESI Hospital and then to Nizam Palace, the city office of the central investigating agency.

He 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.