New Delhi, Feb. 29 -- Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, who filed PIL in the Supreme Court and sought an independent probe in the Sandeshkhali incident, said on Thursday that it was surprising that after court allowed the CBI and ED to arrest Sheikh Shahjahan, within a few hours he was arrested by the West Bengal police.

"We all know that Sheikh Shahjahan has been arrested today but his body language showed that it is a clear case of him being sheltered and that is why we are now going to request Calcutta High Court to order independent investigation into the case. The victims of Sandeshkhali will only get justice if entire case in investigated by independent agencies. Yesterday, CBI made serious request before the Calcutta High Court and ...