They were accompanied by a team of CRPF personnel.

However, after waiting for more than two hours, the CBI team left the CID headquarters without Sheikh after 7.30 PM.

“We have not handed him over to CBI as the state government has moved the supreme court,” a CID official said.

The CBI has taken over the investigation into the attack on Enforcement Directorate officers by a mob in Sandeskhali on January 5, registering an FIR on Tuesday hours after the Calcutta High Court directed the state police to hand over the case to the central agency, officials said.

arlier in the day, the High Court slammed the West Bengal Police for “totally biased” conduct and said every attempt is being made to delay the probe to “protect” the accused.