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Sandeshkhali row: CBI summoned nine aides of Shahjahan on Monday

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• undefined 11 Mar 2024, (अपडेटेड 11 Mar 2024, 1:58 PM IST)

The agency suspects that these nine individuals were allegedly part of the attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on January 5 and instigated the crowd to target the team when they went to raid the premises of Sheikh at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal, they said.

Sandeshkhali prime-accused Shahjahan Sheikh in CBI custody; nine of his aides have been summoned today.

Sandeshkhali prime-accused Shahjahan Sheikh was arrested by the West Bengal Police on February 29.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has summoned nine close aides and associates of suspended Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh to appear before the agency on Monday, officials said.

The agency suspects that these nine individuals were allegedly part of the attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on January 5 and instigated the crowd to target the team when they went to raid the premises of Sheikh at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal, they said.

Sheikh, whose role in the attack is under probe, is under the custody of the CBI till March 14, the officials said.

The CBI has taken over investigation in three cases related to incidents on January 5 when ED officials were attacked by an around 1000-strong mob when they went to search the premises of Sheikh in connection with the agency’s investigation into an alleged ration distribution scam case, in which a former minister of the state has been arrested.

Sheikh was arrested by the state police on February 29, a day after the high court ordered that the CBI, ED or the West Bengal police could arrest him.