The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told a district court Mar 28 that the now-suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan, who’s the mastermind behind the attack on ED and CAPF teams at Sandeshkhali on Jan 5, had arranged local anti-social elements over phone to carry out the attack. 

Shahjahan was produced before the Basirhat sub-divisional court on Mar 28 on the expiry of his CBI custody. 

During the hearing, the CBI counsel named two persons- Ziauddin Molla and Didarbux Molla- with whom Shahjahan interacted before the attack on Jan 5 to orchestrate the act.

Earlier, the ED had also claimed that when their officers accompanied by CAPF personnel were attacked by over 1,000 people on Jan 5, Shahjahan was at his residence in front of which the attack took place, citing the call details of his two cellphones.

The CBI counsel on Mar 28 also moved a plea for recording the statements of three individuals in the case. 

Sources said the three individuals have voluntarily agreed to record their statements, claiming that they were being falsely implicated by the state police to safeguard Shahjahan and his associates.  

(Source: IANS)

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