Kolkata, March 6 -- There was a high drama at the Bengal Police headquarters at Bhavani Bhavan in South Kolkata when the State Police (read Criminal Investigation Department) refused to comply with the Calcutta High Court by handing over the papers and the prime accused Sandeshkhali Sheikh Shahjahan to the Central Bureau of Investigation in the high-profile Sandeshkhali case.

Though neither the police nor the CBI officials would react officially to the high-voltage drama, sources in the agency said there is a likelihood of them moving a contempt petition in the High Court again on Wednesday.

A three-member CBI team flanked by the Central forces had to return empty handed after the CID refused to transfer the accused to the CBI.

The act...