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TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan, absconding since January 5 when his supporters had attacked ED officials in Sandeshkhali, was arrested in North 24 Parganas. | Latest News India
Videos from the island of Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's 24 Pargana district showed men and women laughing and applying colours to each other following the arrest of Shahjahan Sheikh
In an apparent damage-control exercise, the Trinamool Congress expelled Sheikh Shahjahan, the don of Sandeshkhali, a day after his arrest. This action comes about two months after his men attacked a raiding team of Enforcement Directorate officials and, notably, a day before Prime Minister
Sheikh was later remanded in 10 days' police custody by a Basirhat court
Speaking at Raj Bhavan, he asserted the time has come to put criminals in jails, and added: “This is the beginning of an end. In parts of Bengal, the goons are ruling the roost. This must end...”