Sheikh Shahjahan arrested 55 days after attack on ED sleuths

IANS | February 29, 2024 8:18 AM

Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Fifty-five days after the orchestrated attack on the Enforcement Directorate and Central Armed Police Forces personnel in Sandeshkhali, the absconding mastermind of the attack and local Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan has been arrested by the state police.

Sandeshkhali: Trinamool leader who locked himself in house after being chased by women rescued by cops

IANS | February 25, 2024 9:35 PM

Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) Ajit Maiti, a Trinamool Congress leader from the unrest-struck Sandeshkhali area in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, has been rescued by the police after he locked himself in his house for over four hours as he was being chased by a group of local women on Sunday. He was detained by the police after he was persuaded by the cops to come out of the house even as an angry crowd assembled outside his residence.

Chinese Police interrogate Tibetans arrested over dam protests

IANS | February 25, 2024 6:37 PM

New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Chinese Police have started wide-scale, rigorous interrogations of Tibetans arrested for protesting against a dam project, beating some of them so badly that they required medical attention, the media reported.