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Accused mastermind applies for anticipatory bail from underground

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KOLKATA: Sheikh Shahjahan, the absconding Trinamool Congress chief and the principal mastermind behind the January-5 assault on ED and CAPF personnel, has now approached a particular court docket of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kolkata for anticipatory bail and that too from underground

The petition accommodates the signature of the accused. Now questions are being raised that how Shahjahan has managed to signal and ahead the affidavit being within the underground even after 25 days have handed for the reason that orchestrated assault happened in entrance of his residence at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district.

The event occurs only a day after the deadline for Shahjahan to seem on the ED workplace at Salt Lake by 11 a.m. on Monday expired. The matter referring to the appliance for anticipatory bail would possibly come up for listening to on the particular court docket of PMLA on Tuesday.

Political observers really feel that this improvement will present an extra arm to the opposition forces to air the view that Shahjahan is working from underground, assured of security of the state police forces who’re supposed to trace them.

Observers really feel that it’ll additionally strengthen ED’s logic for an impartial probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to hunt Shahjahan as an alternative of joint particular investigation group (SIT) of CBI and state police created for the aim as per the route of a single-judge bench of the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom.

ED has already issued a lookout discover towards Shahjahan in anticipation of his escape to neighbouring Bangladesh as its worldwide borders with India are very shut from the residence of Shahjahan.

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