Adding a brand new twist to the face-off between Bengal police and the CBI over the custody of Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, the Calcutta High Court immediately set a brand new deadline for the Bengal cops at hand him over to the central company.

A bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya has now requested Bengal police at hand over Shahjahan’s custody to CBI by 4.15 pm immediately.

The excessive courtroom had yesterday requested Bengal police at hand over the expelled Trinamool Congress chief to the CBI by 4,30 pm. The Mamata Banerjee authorities challenged the ruling within the Supreme Court. When a CBI crew reached to take Shahjahan’s custody yesterday, it was informed that the matter is earlier than the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, nevertheless, turned down the Bengal authorities’s request for an pressing listening to.

The state authorities has mentioned that the excessive courtroom order is towards the idea of federalism. Appearing for the Bengal authorities, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi mentioned, “Urgency is that they wanted overnight compliance in an interim order.” A bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna has now requested the state authorities to lift the matter earlier than Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for itemizing of the petition.

The excessive courtroom immediately famous that it’s severe in regards to the implementation of its order. “The Supreme Court has not ordered a stay. So Shahjahan must be handed over to the CBI by 4.15 pm today,” it mentioned.

The excessive courtroom additionally issued a discover of contempt and requested the Criminal Investigation Department of Bengal police to file an affidavit inside two weeks.

Sheikh Shahjahan is on the centre of the political storm surrounding Sandeshkhali island in Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district. Residents of the island have accused Shahjahan and his aides of harassment, land seize and extortion.

The strongman first made headlines in January when an Enforcement Directorate crew got here underneath a mob assault throughout a raid on his properties. He was then on the run for 52 days earlier than Bengal police arrested him. The BJP, which has been accusing the Trinamool Congress of protecting the strongman and has harassed that solely a probe by the central businesses would guarantee justice for the individuals of Sandeshkhali.

The Trinamool has expelled Shahjahan for six years. Hitting again on the BJP cost, it has questioned why the central businesses couldn’t arrest the strongman for therefore lengthy.