Bengal BJP employee murdered: Supreme Court grants arrest safety to Mamta ballot agent, listening to on petition on January 31

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The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim safety from arrest to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s election agent Sheikh Sufiyan, who’s being probed by the CBI in reference to the homicide of a state BJP employee.

A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai fastened January 31 because the date of listening to on the particular go away petition filed by the Sufis in opposition to the order of the Calcutta High Court which had rejected their anticipatory bail. The bench directed that he shouldn’t be arrested until then.

The court docket directed that each one statements recorded within the case underneath part 164 (assertion made earlier than a Justice of the Peace) of CrPC be produced earlier than it. This got here after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted that Sufiyan’s title was talked about within the statements of Section 164 by some witnesses, however was but to be arrested.

The court docket mentioned that no adjournment will likely be given on January 31 and the matter will likely be taken up for ultimate listening to on that day.

Mehta instructed the bench, “It is a very serious offence. We will satisfy your lordship. He is quite powerful. It will have its consequences.”

Justice Rao replied: “Please don’t play politics in this.”

The SG denied this and pointed to Sufiyan’s alleged involvement in sure crimes.

Banerjee’s election agent from Nandigram, Sufiyan, is dealing with a CBI probe in reference to the homicide of BJP employee Devvrat Maiti.

Maiti was allegedly attacked by TMC staff a day after the election outcomes had been introduced. He succumbed to his accidents on 13 May at a hospital in Kolkata.

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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