Last Updated: February 29, 2024, 07:17 IST
Trinamool Congress strongman Shahjahan Sheikh. (File photo)
Shahjahan Sheikh Arrest: The Calcutta high court had on Monday made it clear that there is no stay on his arrest.
TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh, accused of sexual atrocities and land grab in Sandeshkhali, was arrested on Thursday after 55 days.
The Calcutta high court had on Monday made it clear that there is no stay on his arrest. “There is no stay on his arrest. A stay on investigation doesn’t mean stay on arrest. There is an FIR registered, he is branded as an accused. He will have to be arrested,” the HC said.
This came after TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee stated that his government was not shielding Shahjahan, but complying with a high court order.
Known to residents as ‘Betaj Badshah’, Sheikh Shahjahan is an influential person associated with Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, a border area in the North 24 Parganas district. Before the TMC leader made headlines after Sandeshkhali allegations, his backers attacked ED and CAPF personnel during an attempt to raid his house in connection with the ration scam.