“A team of the ED and accompanying media was attacked this morning in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district, when it raided the premises of two block-level TMC leaders, Shahjahan Sheikh and Shankar Adhya, in connection with the ration scam, in which state food minister Jyoti Priya Mallick has already been arrested. Hundreds of men and women, gathered at the spot shouting slogans and attacked the officials”, claims BJP leader Amit Malviya in his post on X.
West Bengal Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari went as far as to suspect the hand of some Rohingyas behind the attack on ED officials.
Horrific. The Law & Order Situation in West Bengal is in shambles.
ED Officials & CRPF Jawans brutally attacked in Sandeshkhali; North 24 Parganas district, while conducting Raid at TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan’s house.
I doubt that Rohingyas are present amongst the Anti National… pic.twitter.com/XHboQsBVSX— Suvendu Adhikari • শুভেন্দু অধিকারী (@SuvenduWB) January 5, 2024
It is alleged that the ED team came under attack in during raid at TMC leader besides their cars getting vandalised and nearly 200 people encircling officials in North 24 Parganas.