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Shiv Sahay Singh

Sandeshkhali violence | Sheikh Shahjahan should be arrested, no stay directed, says Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court on February 26 said that Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan should be arrested by the police authorities and clarified that there has been no stay directed on his arrest by the Court.

A division Bench presided by Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya also directed that the said accused, against whom charges of land grab and sexual assault are made should be villagers at Sandeshkhali be impleaded as a party in the writ petition filed before the Court.

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