The Calcutta High Court declined to urgently hear a plea by TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan, who was arrested last night by the police after he was accused of sexual assault and land-grabbing activities in Sandeshkhali.
Notably, the ED as well as the CBI had on Wednesday told the court that it do not want the West Bengal Police to investigate into the Sandeshkhali incidences.
ED officials were attacked by a nearly 1,000-member strong mob at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on January 5 when they went to search the premises of Sheikh in connection with its probe into an alleged ration distribution scam in the state.