Pertinently, both the ED and CBI both have opposed the West Bengal Police in probing the Sandeshkhali violene and land grabbing case which is being considered separately. On Wednesday, both the central agencies had told the bench led by the Chief Justice that they do not want the State Police to investigate the cases against Sheikh apprehending that the State might ‘dilute’ the case against him.
During the hearing on Wednesday (February 28), DSG Trivedi appeared for the ED and submitted that if the local police is permitted to probe the case, they might destroy the evidence.
Appearing for the CBI, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju too had submitted that the central agency has serious grievances against the State Police in investigating the case.
“Our apprehension is that if the State Police arrests Shahjahan, they might dilute the case against him. Ultimately, if the probe is transferred to the CBI… Even we want him to be arrested but not by a wrong agency. We have a serious grievance against the State agency. We are saying that the State Police are colluding and once they are colluding they would not let the case reach its logical end,” the ASG had submitted.
The ASG had even made it clear to the Court that the CBI does not want a joint probe with the State Police and would want to proceed independently. He had, therefore, urged the bench to hear the submissions on this aspect. However, the bench had said it would hear that case on March 4, as fixed earlier.
Source: Barandbench
