The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the petitioner, the women of Sandeshkhali, to bring their complaints to the notice of the court through an application or affidavit.
Petitioner Priyanka Tibrewal said before the division bench hearing the PIL on suo motu cognizance in the case of atrocities against women and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali that 80 women of the area want to participate in the hearing and share their experiences. .
A bench headed by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam mentioned that it would be difficult to bring all the 80 women before the court. Along with this, Tibrewal was allowed to file an application or supplementary affidavit, through which the alleged victims can bring their ordeal on the record of the court.
The court directed that the statements of the victims should be properly verified and their identities should also be established. The bench directed that the statement of the victims would be in the local language, hence the petitioner should place its translated copy before the court.
Bengal Police, citing the imposition of Section 144 in some areas, stopped the party's women leaders, led by BJP state unit general secretary Agnimitra Pal and Locket Chatterjee, on their way to Sandeshkhali on Thursday afternoon in New Town on the outskirts of Kolkata. After this they were taken into custody. Later, they were released. During this, they also had a heated argument with the police and the women leaders started protesting at the same place where they were stopped.
CBI wants to take Sandeshkhali mastermind Shahjahan Shaikh to Delhi office for questioning. For this, CBI will have to take permission from the court for the cases pending against Shahjahan. According to sources, the central agency can argue in the court for its permission that it is relatively safe to take Shahjahan out of the state for questioning. CBI officials interrogated Shahjahan in Kolkata on this day.
It is known that on the strictness of the court, Bengal CID handed over Shahjahan to CBI on Wednesday. On the other hand, CBI has submitted a copy of two FIRs against Shahjahan in Basirhat Sub-Divisional Court in connection with the attack on ED and CAPF in Sandeshkhali on January 5. Sources say that the purpose of this is that CBI officers want to work quickly in the investigation of the case without wasting a single day.
CBI officials went to Shahjahan Sheikh's house in Sandeshkhali. He took some photographs of the area around the residence. After some time he went back. The local police was also with him. Along with this, in the case of stone pelting on vehicles of ED officers, CBI officers went to the house of TMC leader Shankar Adhya, arrested in the ration scam.
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