Sandeshkhali row: Trinamool neta Shahjahan Sheikh should be arrested, HC says
Times of India | 26 February 2024
NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Monday made it clear that there is no stay on the arrest of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh, accused of sexual atrocities and land grab in Sandeshkhali.
"There is no stay on his arrest. A stay on investigation doesn't mean stay on arrest. There is an FIR registered, he is branded as an accused. He will have to be arrested," the HC said.
This came after TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee stated that his government was not shielding Shahjahan, but complying with a high court order.
"Trinamool Congress is not shielding Shiekh Shahjahan, he is being shielded by Calcutta high court stay orders based on an ED appeal," he said on Sunday.
Additionally, the HC also ordered that public notice should be issued in Bengali and English newspapers as Shahjahan remained untraceable.
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