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NEW DELHI: The
West Bengal government
on Friday moved to the apex court challengeing Calcutta
high court
's decision which direct
Central Bureau of Investigation
to probe the allegations of land grabbing and sexual assault in Sandeshkhali.
The
Supreme Court
's bench of justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta will hear the matter on April 29.
The CBI is investigating the case of attack on Enforcement Directorate officials in Sandeshkhali and has registered three FIRs related to incidents on January 5.
The ED officials had gone to Sandeshkhali to raid the house of Sheikh, who allegedly has close links with arrested former state food minister Jyoti Priya Mallick, in connection with the multi-crore ration distribution scam in West Bengal.
The alleged key conspirator Shahjahan Sheikh is under CBI's custody after he was apprehended by the West Bengal Police on February 29.
Earlier today, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday conducted raids in several locations in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali.
According to officials, arms and ammunition, including foreign-made pistols, seized by the central agency during search operation in the area.
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