Kolkata. Sandeshkhali of North 24 Parganas is once again in the headlines. This is the same Sandeshkhali, where on January 5, there was a deadly attack on the ED team which had come to raid in the ration scam case. Where women who had been victims of sexual harassment for years came out on the streets with sticks, rods and brooms. This Sandeshkhali is now once again in the headlines. This time because a cache of weapons has been recovered from the house of a person named Abu Talib in Sarbediya area of Sandeshkhali. The CBI, which is investigating the incident of attack on ED, was active in Sandeshkhali area for the last few days.
During this period, CBI had also raided many places. Today CBI got information from its sources that some documents and bombs may be hidden in that house of Sarbediya. After which the CBI team reached there and started raiding. The officers were shocked when they saw that some weapons had been hidden in a small space under the ground. After this the CBI team called NSG there. The NSG team reached there with its state-of-the-art equipment.
Large number of weapons recovered
First of all NSG added one of its robots equipped with a camera. The robot went inside the house and remained inside for a long time. Till then NSG officials were monitoring and operating the robot from outside. Within some time this robot came out with a bag. After which the NSG team prepared the place by putting sand bags at one place and kept this bag there with the help of a robot. After this, the bomb disposal squad of NSG reached there and defused all the bombs one by one. During the raid, CBI recovered 4 foreign pistols, one Indian revolver, one police Colt revolver, one country made pistol i.e. 7 weapons along with 348 cartridges. In which 120 cartridges of 9 mm, 50 cartridges of .45 caliber, 50 cartridges of .38 and 8 cartridges of .32 were recovered. CBI has also recovered many identity cards of Sheikh Shahjahan from here which include voter card, arms license, Aadhaar card.
Who is this Abu Talib?
Abu Talib, an e-rickshaw driver by profession, lives in the same Sarbediya area where Sheikh Shahjahan, the uncrowned king of Sandeshkhali, used to live. Abu Talib is a relative of area TMC leader Hafizul Khan, who is said to be close to Sheikh Shahjahan. It is believed that these weapons belong to Sheikh Shahjahan, which he kept here after the incident of attack on ED. According to sources, Abu Talib had built this room about six months ago. But its flooring was done only within one and a half month. So, was it on the orders of Shahjahan that Abu Talib got the flooring done to hide these weapons so that it could not be seen from above what secrets were hidden under the ground?
What is Sheikh Shahjahan’s connection?
Questions are also being raised regarding this that on January 5, did Sheikh Shahjahan not allow the ED team to enter the house to hide these weapons? Has Shahjahan hidden more weapons elsewhere? Had he collected these weapons for use during the elections? Even after the incident, Shahjahan was hiding in his own area, so was he hiding the evidence of his dark deeds during that time?
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Tags: Bengal news, CBI Court, CBI Raid, Enforcement directorate
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 26, 2024, 22:24 IST