Enforcement Directorate files charge sheet against suspended TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint against suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shahjahan Sheikh, his brother Sheikh Alomgir, and others in connection with a money laundering case related to their alleged involvement in organised crimes in West Bengal.

The ED’s probe is based on 13 First Information Reports (FIRs) registered by the State police under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Arms Act, alleging that Mr. Shahjahan Sheikh and others issued threats of injury, murder, attempt to murder, extortion, etc., grabbed land of the general public, and also obtained illegal monetary gains.

“...Shahjahan Sheikh had created a criminal empire revolving around land grabbing, illegal fish farming/trading, grabbing brick fields, cartelisation of contracts, collection of illegal taxes/levies, commission on land deals, etc.,” the agency said on Thursday.