CBI recovers huge cache of arms and crude bombs at the residence of Shahjahan’s relative Hafizul Khan
On Friday, the CBI conducted a raid at the residence of a relative of suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas District and seized a huge cache of firearms and explosives.
It is suspected that the firearms, explosives, and crude bombs were stocked there for use on polling day in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The CBI got a tip-off about the cache of arms and crude bombs at the residence of Shahjahan’s relative Hafizul Khan, who is also an elected panchayat member from the ruling party, sources said.
Acting on the tip-off, the CBI team escorted by personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces conducted the raid at the residence that was located within a pisciculture farm.
Sandeshkhali comes under Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency, where the polls are scheduled to be held in the seventh and last phase on June 1.
With the increased movement of different central agency sleuths and CAPF personnel at Sandeshkhali and the arrest of the mastermind of violence Sheikh Shahjahan, those responsible for stocking the arms were unable to shift them.
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