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The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the Calcutta High Court order of a CBI probe in the Sandeshkhali case. In a setback for Mamata Banerjee government, the top court today rejected its petition into the case related to the attack on an Enforcement Directorate team in Sandeshkhali. During the hearing, the Supreme Court bench questioned the delay in arrest of Sheikh Shahjahan. In it's reply, the West Bengal government said that there was a stay on investigation and after the clarification in the court, Sheikh Shahjahan was arrested within a day.

Women in West Bengal are outraged and the storm that started in Sandeshkhali will not remain restricted to the island but reach every corner of West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today. The Prime Minister said the Bengal government is using all its might to save the "oppressor of women" - an apparent reference to Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan. The Trinamool Congress countered PM's salvo by asking why no action has been taken on BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh who has been accused of sexual harassment by wrestlers. On the Left Right & Centre we ask is the Trinamool on the backfoot over the Sandeshkhali issue?

Coming down heavily on the Mamata Banerjee government over the situation in Sandeshkhali, the Calcutta High Court today said local Trinamool Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan "cannot be on the run" and the "state cannot support" him. As the Sandeshkhali showdown turns grimmer, the bigger question remains, 'Where is Sheikh Shahjahan?'  

Does the attack on Kolkata's Presidency University culminate a cycle of mindless violence caused by the sharp political divides in West Bengal? We debate on the 9 o'clock news.