Gazi Abbas Shahid | May 17, 2024, 7:35 PM IST
The Calcutta High Court granted bail to BJP worker Piyali Das who is accused of getting a woman from the Sandeshkhali enclave in North 24 Parganas district to sign on a blank paper and latter fill it up will complaints of sexual abuse against TMC leaders.
Gazi Abbas Shahid | May 4, 2024, 8:30 PM IST
A purported sting operation, carried out by a local news channel, showed a person, purportedly a BJP booth president, Gangadhar Koyal, "confessing" that women who weren't violated sexually were passed off as 'rape' victims in Sandeshkhali at the behest of BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari.
Gazi Abbas Shahid | Mar 16, 2024, 9:34 PM IST
Shahjahan Sheikh was arrested on February 29 after 55 days on the run following violent protests led by women, alleging sexual atrocities and land grab. The suspended TMC leader went missing after a mob attacked the ED team that went to search his house in an alleged ration distribution scam on January 5.
Gazi Abbas Shahid | Mar 14, 2024, 9:21 PM IST
On Thursday, the CBI counsel had moved a plea seeking the custody of Shahjahan Sheikh and seven other accused who have been arrested in connection with the January 5 attack on Enforcement Directorate officials in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal.
Gazi Abbas Shahid | Mar 13, 2024, 9:44 PM IST
Shahjahan Sheikh, who has been suspended from the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), was arrested in a case related to a mob attack on ED officials at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on January 5.
Gazi Abbas Shahid | Feb 25, 2024, 10:44 PM IST
Ajit Maiti-- a local TMC leader and a close-aide of absconding strongman Sheikh Shahjahan-- is accused of land grabbing in the trouble-torn Sandeshkhali enclave in North 24 Parganas district, the West Bengal police said.
Gazi Abbas Shahid | Feb 24, 2024, 6:42 PM IST
Sheikh Shahjahan and associates, who are accused of land grab and sexual assault of women in Sandeshkhali, subjected tribal families to torture, snatched away their MNREGA earnings if found voting against the ruling TMC.
Gazi Abbas Shahid | Feb 23, 2024, 11:56 PM IST
PM Modi is likely to address the ongoing unrest in the Sandeshkhali enclave where fresh protests erupted today as angry locals hit the streets and vented their fury by setting ablaze the properties belonging to TMC leaders who are accused of tormenting villagers.
India.com News Desk | Feb 23, 2024, 6:49 PM IST
Attacking the Opposition over the controversial Karnataka temple tax bill and the alleged sexual abuse of women and land grabbing by TMC leaders in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali, the BJP accused their rivals of "targeting" Hindus in West Bengal, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
India.com News Desk | Feb 22, 2024, 4:22 PM IST
A large number of women in Sandeshkhali had accused TMC strongman Shajahan Sheikh and his supporters of "land-grab and sexually assaulting" them under coercion.
Gazi Abbas Shahid | Feb 22, 2024, 9:17 PM IST
On Thursday, West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar was granted permission to visit Sandeshkhali, which has been on edge since protests broke out over allegations of sexual abuse and forcible land grabbing by local TMC leaders, earlier this month.
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