Kolkata, Dec. 12 -- A day after a key witness in a case against suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan was injured and his son and driver were killed in a highway-accident in North 24 Parganas district, police have registered a murder case, officials aware of the development said. "We have registered a murder case against Shahjahan and a few other persons on the basis of a complaint lodged by Bholanath Ghosh, who survived the crash. He has named a few persons in the complaint. Investigation is going on," said a senior official of Basirhat police district. Ghosh is a key witness in the case in which ED officials were attacked by a mob when they went to search Shahjahan's house on January 5, 2024.

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