Amid tension in Sandeshkhali, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan was arrested by West Bengal police on Thursday morning in connection with allegations of 'sexual assault and land grab.'
"Shahjahan was arrested from Minakhan in the North 24 Parganas district," Minakhan SDPO Aminul Islam Khan told ANI and further added, "He will be produced before the Basirhat Court at 2 pm today."
Here's all you need to know about the local TMC leader, who joined the party in 2013 but became more influential than ministers in just over 10 years.
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