Sandeshkhali Protest News Today

Sources said the CBI filed an FIR under charges of sexual harassment, land grab and violence in the Sandeshkhali case.

The high court had in February taken suo motu cognisance of claims of sexual assault on women “at gunpoint”, and of the alleged transfer of tribal land in Sandeshkhali.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's government received a stern reprimand from the state's High Court Thursday as it heard affidavits regarding the violence and allegations of extortion and sexual assault from Sandeshkhali before the election.

Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday upped the pressure on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, declaring he will "shift base" to Sandeshkhali if Sheikh Shahjahan - the main accused in sexual assault allegations - is not arrested in 72 hours.

West Bengal police on Sunday stopped and arrested an independent fact-finding team who were en route to visit Sandeshkhali. The committee comprising former justices were arrested after they staged a protest against police for stopping them from visiting victims in Sandeshkhali.

West Bengal Police said that it has detained local TMC leader Ajit Maiti at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas on charges of land grabbing from villagers

Protests erupted again on Friday in Bengal's Sandeshkhali island in North 24 Parganas district, soon after cops detained a young man in the area.

Trinamool-BJP clash: Adhikari challenges the West Bengal police to prove its allegations within 24 hours or face consequences.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address a women's rally in Barasat in West Bengal on March 7, amid a political row over allegations of sexual assault of women by members of the state's ruling Trinamool Congress in Sandeshkhali.

The NCSC has recommended President's Rule in Bengal amid violence and political tension after the BJP accused a Trinamool Congress strongman - the on-the-run Sheikh Shahjahan - of sexually assaulting women there.