Key Highlights
- After the death, a sub-inspector of Murshidabad police went to Palamau, Jharkhand, to inquire into the death of Sheikh.
- “Statements of 8-10 Bengali migrant labourers residing in the area were also recorded.
- However, they did not point out any conspiracy of murder,” the Murshidabad district police said in a statement on Saturday (January 24, 2026).
- The police also added that it recorded the statement of Kasim Shaikh, who had brought down the body from the ceiling fan in Jharkhand.
- He also did not make a statement indicating murder or foul play.