Last Updated: March 11, 2024, 15:04 IST
On March 5, the Calcutta High Court had ordered an impartial probe by CBI into the matter (File picture)
The West Bengal authorities filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) earlier than the Supreme Court saying that the High Court order to switch the probe to the CBI was handed in a cursory method
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to intrude with the Calcutta High Court order transferring the Sandeskhali violence case, pertaining to the assault on officers of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta, nonetheless, agreed to expunge remarks in opposition to the West Bengal Police within the excessive court docket order.
On March 5, the Calcutta High Court had ordered an impartial probe by CBI into the matter and directed the West Bengal Police at hand over the accused mastermind behind the assault– Sheikh Shahjahan– from the custody of the CID to the CBI on the identical day.
Against this, the West Bengal authorities filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) earlier than the Supreme Court saying that the High Court order to switch the probe to the CBI was handed in a cursory method and frustrates its proper to avail treatment out there below the regulation.
The Sandeshkhali area, located on the fringes of the Sunderbans, had been engulfed in turmoil for over a month resulting from allegations in opposition to Sheikh and his associates of sexual abuse and land usurpation. The space falls below the jurisdiction of the Basirhat police district.
