“Due to a legal tangle, he couldn’t be arrested initially. However, after the court clarified that there was no stay on his arrest, the West Bengal Police did its job. The opposition had earlier exploited the embargo on his arrest,” TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh told PTI.The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed that Sheikh can be arrested by the CBI, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) or the West Bengal Police.On Monday, the high court had directed police to arrest Sheikh, following which the state’s ruling party asserted that it does not shield culprits and he would be arrested within seven days.”We had said he would be arrested in seven days as we were confident of the ability of the state police,” he said.
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