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<\/div>\nThe agency took into custody Sheikh’s brother and two others during their questioning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The CBI on Saturday arrested three people, including the brother of suspended TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh, for being allegedly involved in the January 5 attack on an Enforcement Directorate team at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal, officials said.<\/p>\n
Sheikh Alomgir, who is Shahjahan Sheikh’s brother, Mafujar Molla, the president of the TMC’s student wing in Sandeshkhali, and Sirajul Molla, a local, would be produced before a local court on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The agency took into custody Sheikh’s brother and two others during their questioning.<\/p>\n
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took over three FIRs registered by the West Bengal Police on the directions of the Calcutta High Court.<\/p>\n
After detailed examination, and according to technical evidence collected, they were arrested by the CBI today, the officials said.<\/p>\n
With these arrests, the number of people nabbed by the CBI in the case has increased to 14.<\/p>\n
The agency suspects that these people were allegedly part of the attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on January 5 and instigated a crowd to target the team when they went to raid the premises of Sheikh at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal, they said.<\/p>\n
Sheikh was arrested on February 29 after 55 days on the run following violent protests led by women, alleging sexual atrocities and land grab. He went missing after a mob attacked the ED team that went to search his house in an alleged ration distribution scam.<\/p>\n
The state CID took over the investigation into the allegations against him. He was later handed over to the CBI on an order of the Calcutta High Court.<\/p>\n
On March 10, the court sent him to CBI custody for four days which was later extended by another eight days — till March 22.<\/p>\n
The CBI has taken over the investigation in three cases related to incidents on January 5, when the ED team was attacked by an around 1,000-strong mob. A former state minister has been arrested in the ration scam case.<\/p>\n
Sheikh was arrested by the state police on February 29, a day after the high court ordered that the CBI, ED or the West Bengal Police could arrest him.<\/p>\n
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