Staging a sit-in-demonstration in protest against the interception by the police, Annapurna Devi said, “Police stopped the BJP’s central team. We said we would comply with the prohibitory order, but the police refused to allow us. The lawkeepers are acting at the behest of the ruling TMC.”The team returned to Kolkata, met Governor C V Ananda Bose, and told him they would move the court to seek permission to go to unrest-hit Sandeshkhali.Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari also moved Calcutta High Court seeking a direction from the state government to allow him to visit the women in Sandeshkhali. Adhikari was also prevented from going to Sandeshkhali for the second time on Thursday.In connection with the unrest in Sandeshkhali, the Supreme Court on Friday received a PIL filed by advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, demanding a special investigation by the CBI or a Special Investigation Team (SIT). Sandeshkhali has been on the boil ever since three officers of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) were bashed up and left bleeding when they went to search the house of local TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh in a foodgrain scam case on January 5.
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