India, March 10 -- West Bengal police's inability to arrest Sheikh Shahjahan for 55 days, after a mob organised by him beat up an Enforcement Directorate team and their CRPF escorts, has led to the Opposition and investigators pointing fingers at the alleged secret entente behind the fugitive and key leaders of his Trinamool Congress (TMC) party. The attack took place when the ED officers went to Shahjahan's house in Sandeshkhali for a raid in connection with the alleged multi-crore ration distribution scam, in which the prime accused, former Bengal Food Supplies Minister, Jyoti Priya Mullick is in CBI custody for more than six months.
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