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On Tuesday, National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma met President Droupadi Murmu and recommended President's rule in West Bengal after a team from the national body visited the violence-hit Sandeshkhali region...
The NCW Chair's move is one of many developments to take place in connection with the West Bengal area, with the Calcutta High Court ruling that the investigation into Shahjahan Sheikh - one of the three accused of crimes in the Sandeshkhali region - be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation...
The CID said the Sandeshkhali leader was not handed over to the Central agency as the state government has moved the Supreme Court against the High Court order...
The Calcutta High Court bench rapped the state's cops, saying that "the state police are totally biased and every attempt is being made to delay the investigation in order to protect the accused who has been absconding for more than 50 days."..
"Proceeds of crime acquired by Shajahan Sheikh by commission of criminal activities relating to scheduled offences as mentioned in above FIRs are being held, possessed, disguised and concealed by Shajahan Sheikh in the form of various movable and immovable properties," the ED said, referring to an FIR that booked him and some others under various sections of the IPC, Arms Act, The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act and West Bengal State Highways Act...
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