Supreme Court on Monday stayed thesummons issued by privileges committe after state BJP chief Sukanta Mahumdar was injured during a clash with cops when a party delegation visited the remote island.The case of alleged attrocites against villagers in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, which has created a poliical strom, has reached the Supreme Court with Mamata Banerjee challenging the Parliament committee notice to officials.The Chief Secretary of West Bengal, the state Director General of Police, the local District Magistrate, the Superintendent of Police, and the police station in-charge were ordered to appear before the panel on Monday.The case surrounds a Trinamool Congress leader and local strongman Sheikh Sahajan, who and his aides have been accused of systematically exploiting the villagers and multiple counts of sexual assault. Two of his henchmen – Uttam Sardar and Shibu Prasad Hazra – have been arrested, but Shahjahan is still on the run.
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