Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) Two female leaders of the Trinamool Congress, who are closely associated with the arrested party’s strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, have been apprehended in Sandeshkhali, located in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, in relation to the violent assault on ED officials that occurred in 2024.This action comes after the police stepped up the investigation in the Sandeshkhali case following a change of government in the state.Among those arrested are Sandeshkhali-I Panch…
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New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) With law-and-order situation in West Bengal under question in the ongoing Assembly election, the rape and murder at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, and the Sandeshkhali exploitation and repression in North 24 Parganas district have re-emerged as major campaign issues ahead of the second phase of polls to be held on Wednesday.Opposition parties in the state have been raising the episodes to underscore allegations of intimidation, violence, and crime aga…
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, rejected the bail plea of Sheikh Shahjahan, the suspended Trinamool Congress leader from Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal and the principal accused in the case of the assault on the Enforcement Department (ED) officials in January 2024.The ED officials and their escorting Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel were attacked and severely assaulted by Shahjahan’s supporters when …
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) A court has granted anticipatory bail to Taslima Bibi, the wife of arrested Trinamool Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, on a bond of Rs 5,000 in connection with the murder case.The Barasat court in North 24 Parganas district on Saturday granted Taslima anticipatory bail in the case concerning the death of the son and driver of Bholanath Ghosh, a key witness in the case against Sheikh Shahjahan in West Bengal.When Ghosh filed the complaint at the Nazat police station, he…
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) Bengal police have arrested Musa Molla, the main accused in the attack on cops in Sandeshkhali area in North 24 Parganas district last week. He was arrested on Tuesday from the Nazat police station area.He is known in the area as a Trinamool Congress worker. With Musa’s arrest, a total of 13 people have now been arrested in connection with this incident, said police.It was learnt that Musa was accused of illegally occupying land. Based on this allegation, the court imposed …
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken custody of Abdul Alim Molla, who was arrested in connection with the attempted murder of Bhola Ghosh, a key witness in the case involving Trinamool Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, sources in the central investigating agency said.Last month, Bhola Ghosh’s car met with a fatal road accident near the Boyarmari petrol pump in North 24 Parganas district. His son and the driver were killed on the spot after the vehicle was …
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) The West Bengal Police were attacked in North 24 Parganas district’s Nazat Police Station area while trying to stop illegal construction on a plot of land, the police said on Saturday. Several police officers were injured after locals hurled bricks and stones at them and a police vehicle was also vandalised.As of now, eight people have been arrested in connection with the incident.Additionally, police have detained and are questioning the head of the Boyarmari II Gram Panch…
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) A booth-level officer (BLO) in coastal Hingalganj of North 24 Parganas district has allegedly received life threats from close associates of suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan after a ‘doubtful voter’ was served a notice for a hearing during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.The incident pertains to booth number 190 at Pukuria village, where BLO Pralay Mandal detected serious discrepancies in an online enumeration form su…
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) Alim Molla, the driver of the killer truck in the road accident death case of Satyajit Ghosh, the younger son of Bhola Ghosh, a key witness in a criminal case against suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan of Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, was finally arrested by the West Bengal Police on Monday.An insider from the state police said that Molla was arrested early morning from a secret location in the district. However, the cops refus…