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KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday alleged that the gherao of seven judicial officers at the BDO in Kaliachak II in Malda district on Wednesday was not only lawlessness but also a planned maha jungleraj of Trinamool Congress in the State. He escalated attacks on the Trinamool Congress led by the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee while addressing an election campaign rally at Rashmela ground in Cooch Behar, a Rajvanshi-dominated district in north Bengal, a strong citadel of the BJP, on ...Read More >
Cooch Behar: Launching a scathing attack on the Trinamool Congress over the Malda incident in which judicial officers were gheraoed for hours by a mob, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday alleged that the ruling party was hell-bent on carrying out the "funeral procession" of law and order. He termed the act an example of "maha jungleraj' at his first rally for the West Bengal Assembly eletions, Vijay Sankalp Yatra, at the historic Rash Mela ground in Cooch Behar for the poll-bound state and ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 5 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made the Malda gherao of judicial officers the fulcrum of the BJP's campaign on lawlessness in West Bengal, accusing the TMC government of running a "maha jungleraj" and pitching the 2026 assembly polls as a straight contest between the "bhay" spread by the ruling party and the BJP's "bharosa". Addressing his first election rally in Cooch Behar in north Bengal after the poll schedule was announced, Modi used the Malda incident to sharp ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a broadside against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, claiming that the TMC government is hell-bent on carrying out the "funeral procession" of law and order in the state.Addressing a rally in West Bengal's Cooch Behar, the Prime Minister said that huge number of people here in Cooch Behar has made it clear that the "Trinamool Congress's time is up"."No matter how much the TMC goons intimidate you on polling day, you must have ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 5 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a blistering attack on the TMC over the Malda incident in which judicial officers were gheraoed for hours by a mob, terming it an example of the ruling party's "maha jungleraj" and alleged that the state's ruling party was hell-bent on carrying out the "funeral procession" of law and order in Bengal. Addressing his first election rally in Cooch Behar district after the announcement of polls last month, Modi said the entire cou ...Read More >
Murshidabad: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday renewed her criticism of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal, alleging that the process is being used to intimidate voters by removing their names. Speaking at a public rally in Murshidabad, she claimed that around 500 officers had been removed in a way that could disrupt administrative work in the state. She remarked that while such disruptions might slow down functioning temporarily, normal operations w ...Read More >
Malda/Kolkata: NIA recorded the statement of one of the judicial officers held hostage at the Kaliachak-II BDO office on April 1 and secured two weeks of police custody of main accused Mofakkerul Islam on Saturday. Sources said questioning has led to the detention of three more people, though no fresh arrests were confirmed by late evening.The agency's teams visited multiple locations through the day -- beginning at the Kaliachak-II BDO office, then Mothabari police station and later the SP's of ...Read More >
Malda: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that while the real culprits behind the violence and gherao of judicial officers in Malda district's Mothabari have escaped, the NIA is picking up innocent local people and harassing them. Addressing an election rally at Manikchak in Malda, she urged the gathering not to approach judicial officers scrutinising 'under adjudication' cases post-SIR, instead submit applications before tribunals for re-inclusion of names of those ...Read More >
KOLKATA, April 4: The TMC sought the immediate removal of the returning officer for the Bhabanipur assembly constituency in West Bengal, alleging he has proximity with BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari. In a representation submitted to Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Friday, the ruling party raised objections to the appointment of RO for the Bhabanipur seat in southern Kolkata. The party alleged that the returning officer has a "documented and close association" with Adhikari, who ...Read More >
As the contest heats up in West Bengal ahead of the assembly elections, the BJP and TMC traded blame and barbs on Thursday after a mob gheraoed judicial officers in Malda district. On Wednesday, a mob in Malda surrounded a group of seven judicial officers, including three women, during an SIR exercise in the district around 4 PM. As per police, the workers were rescued around midnight. As per a report by PTI, police officials stated batons had to be used to disperse the crowd. The crowd also a ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 4 (PTI) A team of NIA officials, probing the gherao of seven judicial officers engaged in the SIR exercise, videographed the incident spot on the second day of their visit to Mothabari in Malda on Saturday, a senior district official said. The NIA has been tasked by the Election Commission to investigate the Wednesday incident, following a directive from the Supreme Court, which has censured the West Bengal administration over the issue. The 24-member team of the federal anti-terr ...Read More >
Siliguri, Apr 4 (UNI) Mofakkerul Islam, a key accused arrested in connection with the confinement of seven judicial officers in Malda district, has been remanded to 14 days of police custody, while his associate Ekramul has been sent to police custody for several days, a source said on Friday. Police have begun interrogating both in connection with Wednesday's unrest at Mothabari in Malda district. The duo was intercepted by the CID and Siliguri police on Friday and later handed over to Malda ...Read More >
Malda: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed the culprits behind the violence and gherao of judicial officers in Malda district's Mothabari have escaped, and investigators were harassing the innocent locals in the name of the NIA, the agency assigned to probe the case. Addressing an election rally at Manikchak in Malda, she urged the gathering not to approach judicial officers scrutinising 'under adjudication' cases post-SIR. Instead, submit applications before tribunal ...Read More >
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 4 (ANI): A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on Saturday visited the office of the Malda Superintendent of Police (SP) and later investigated the Block Development Officer's (BDO) office in Kaliachowk, Malda. The probe was related to the gherao of seven judicial officers that took place on April 1. A major political storm had erupted in West Bengal as seven judicial officers, including three women, were held hostage by villagers in Malda district on Wed ...Read More >
Malda, Apr 4 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that while the real culprits behind the violence and gherao of judicial officers in Malda district's Mothabari have escaped, the NIA is picking up innocent local people and harassing them. Addressing an election rally at Manikchak in Malda, she urged the gathering not to approach judicial officers scrutinising 'under adjudication' cases post-SIR, instead submit applications before tribunals for re-inclusion of nam ...Read More >
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 4 (ANI): A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on Saturday visited the office of the Malda Superintendent of Police (SP) and later investigated the Block Development Officer's (BDO) office in Kaliachowk, Malda. The probe was related to the gherao of seven judicial officers that took place on April 1. A major political storm had erupted in West Bengal as seven judicial officers, including three women, were held hostage by villagers in Malda district on Wed ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 4: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which has begun probing the harassment of judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in West Bengal's Malda district, will focus in its first preliminary report on whether the incident was driven by spontaneous public anger or was a pre-planned attempt to derail the ongoing judicial adjudication process. The agency's initial findings, to be submitted to the Supreme Court next week, sources say, will focus on whether the incident was a ...Read More >
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Kolkata, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which has begun probing the harassment of judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in West Bengal's Malda district, will focus in its first preliminary report on whether the incident was driven by spontaneous public anger or was a pre-planned attempt to derail the ongoing judicial adjudication process. The agency's initial findings, to be submitted to the Supreme Court next week, sources say, will focus on whether the ...Read More >
New Delhi: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team from Delhi reached Kaliachak in Bengal's Malda on Friday following the Election Commission of India's orders to investigate the mob siege at a block development officer's (BDO) office the night before that held seven judicial officers hostage for hours and attracted the ire of the Supreme Court. The 20-member NIA team reached Mothabari in the afternoon in 12 cars kept at the Kolkata airport - about 315 km away - hours after the state Crimina ...Read More >
The political battle has intensified in West Bengal ahead of the assembly polls in April. The Election Commission of India had announced earlier that voting in the Bengal elections will be conducted in two phases on April 23 and 29. The first phase in the state will cover 152 constituencies, and the second phase will cover 142 seats. The battle, largely, will be between the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), to stake claim of the CM seat. Since the announcement o ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI) Amid law and order concerns in poll-going West Bengal, the Election Commission on Friday decided to continue deployment of 500 companies of central forces in the state even after counting of votes on May 4. The state goes to assembly polls in two phases on May 23 and 29. "During the last assembly elections, there was post-poll violence. The decision is also based on past incidents," an official explained. One company comprises 90 to 125 personnel. Additionally, 200 com ...Read More >
Malda: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken serious note of the deployment of a large number of police personnel - around 2,185 - by the West Bengal government to provide personal security to ruling Trinamool Congress leaders, as well as party supporters, ahead of the announcement of the assembly polls. The ECI has directed West Bengal DGP Siddh Nath Gupta to conduct a strict professional review within the next two to three days in a fair and equitable manner, people in the know tol ...Read More >
Kolkata: A former AIMIM candidate was arrested on Friday over the gherao of the seven judicial officers in Malda district, adding a fresh political twist to the case as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the Asaduddin Owasi-led party, the BJP, and the ISF for "engineering" the unrest. An NIA team visited Mothabari and Kaliachak police stations in Malda to probe the Wednesday incident. The federal anti-terror probe agency has been tasked by the Election Commission to investigate the matter, f ...Read More >
Kolkata: The criminal investigation department (CID) of West Bengal Police arrested AIMIM leader Mofakkerul Islam from Bagdogra Airport in Siliguri on Friday morning for masterminding the unprecedented protest during which seven judicial officers were gheraoed in a road blockade and held hostage for nine hours by angry mob against large scale deletions of 'adjudicated' voters' names for logical discrepancies in thecriminal investigation department (Ccriminal investigation department criminal inv ...Read More >
Malda: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday credited the state's Criminal Investigation Department for arresting the alleged mastermind behind Wednesday's gherao of judicial officers in Malda district's Mothabari. The CID arrested the accused even before the NIA team reached the state, she said. Addressing a rally at Harirampur in Dakshin Dinajpur district, Banerjee also accused BJP of using CRPF vehicles to transport cash. "I have a record of these movements and will expose them at the app ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 4 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Mofakkerul Islam, accused of leading the protests in Malda on April 1 that resulted in the gherao of seven Special Intensive Revision (SIR) judicial officers for over nine hours, was produced before the court on Friday. He was arrested by the West Bengal CID yesterday at Bagdogra airport in Darjeeling district. Also Read | Delhi Shocker: 18-Year-Old Arrested for Stabbing Man to Death in Shalimar ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 4 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Mofakkerul Islam, accused of leading the protests in Malda on April 1 that resulted in the gherao of seven Special Intensive Revision (SIR) judicial officers for over nine hours, was produced before the court on Friday. He was arrested by the West Bengal CID yesterday at Bagdogra airport in Darjeeling district. Speaking to reporters here, Islam said, "I did not say anything provocative. My movem ...Read More >
Harirampur: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday blamed the AIMIM and ISF for the gherao of judicial officers in Malda district and accused the Congress and the BJP of instigation. Stating that the mastermind behind Wednesday's gherao of the judicial officers for several hours in Malda district's Mothabari was arrested by the state's CID, Banerjee claimed that this police organisation is still under her control and not of the Election Commission. "The BJP loaned him (the accused ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 3 (PTI) A former AIMIM candidate was arrested on Friday over the gherao of the seven judicial officers in Malda district, adding a fresh political twist to the case as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the Asaduddin Owasi-led party, the BJP, and the ISF for "engineering" the unrest. An NIA team visited Mothabari and Kaliachak police stations in Malda to probe the Wednesday incident. The federal anti-terror probe agency has been tasked by the Election Commission to investigate t ...Read More >
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