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Kolkata: The CBI on Friday initiated an operation at the home of Sheikh Shahjahan in Sandeshkhali, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, news agency ANI reported.
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Mr Sheikh, along with his followers Shiba Prasad Hajra, Uttam Sardar and others, have been accused of sexual abuse and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali.
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After being on the run for 55 days, Mr Sheikh was arrested on February 29 from a house in the Minakhan area, around 30 km away from Sandeshkhali on the outskirts of Sunderbans.
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He was named in two cases lodged at the Nazat police station in connection with an assault on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers on January 5 during a raid at his house in a ration scam case.
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On Wednesday, the CBI got his custody from Bengal CID.