The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday booked Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Alamgir, younger brother of Sheikh Shahjahan, and two others in connection with the January 5 attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths who raided Shahjahan’s house, according to a federal agency official. Arrested in connection with.
The state police had handed over Sheikh Shahjahan to the CBI earlier this month following a Calcutta High Court order, which had asked the central agency to investigate the attack on ED officials. The senior TMC leader, along with his associates, is accused of land grabbing, extortion and sexual crimes against local women in Sandeshkhali of North 24 Parganas district of Bengal. “Alamgir and his two associates were called to the CBI office for questioning in connection with the January 5 violence. He was arrested on Saturday evening,” the CBI officer said on condition of anonymity. Ahead of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections announced on Saturday afternoon, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has made Sandeshkhali a political issue.