A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday morning allowed Adhikari to visit Sandeshkhali.The division bench, presided by Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam, refused to interfere with a single bench order that allowed Adhikari and another BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh, to visit Sandeshkhali on Tuesday.The Calcutta High Court, which on Monday granted permission to Adhikari to visit Sandeshkhali, had also directed the BJP leader not to give any provocative speech or create any law and order situation in the restive area.The West Bengal government had moved an appeal before the division bench challenging Monday’s order.Sandeshkhali had witnessed a series of protests after local women accused Trinamool Congress strongman Shajahan Sheikh and his supporters of “land-grab and sexually assaulting” them under coercion.Shajahan has been absconding after a mob, allegedly affiliated with him, attacked Enforcement Directorate officials who had gone to search his premises in connection with a ration scam on January 5
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