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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 (West Bengal) [India], April 4 (ANI): West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday demanded a CBI investigation into the recent Malda incident. He accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of making statements that incite unrest and said statistics over the past three years show minorities have suffered under Trinamool Congress (TMC) rule. Also Read | 'Nothing Left in the Left, Detached from People': Rahul Gandhi Targets CM Pinarayi Vijayan, PM Narendra Modi in Ker ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 4 (ANI): West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday demanded a CBI investigation into the recent Malda incident. He accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of making statements that incite unrest and said statistics over the past three years show minorities have suffered under Trinamool Congress (TMC) rule. Speaking to ANI, Bhattacharya said, "The Chief Minister is shifting stance and now, turning under pressure. Her statements are ...Read More >
Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 4 (ANI): The saying 'talent needs no introduction' found a fitting example at the Khelo India Tribal Games 2026, where wrestlers from Karnataka's Siddi community have made a powerful statement on the mat. Their success is no longer just about medals--it reflects the emergence of an entire community as a force in wrestling. Of African descent, there are about 50,000 Siddis in India, of which one-third live in Karnataka. Out of the nine wrestlers represent ...Read More >
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Saturday alleged that the recent violence in Malda was a "pre-planned experiment" sponsored by the Trinamool Congress (TMC). He said the main accused, Mofakkerul Islam, has been seen with top TMC leaders, including Mamata Banerjee and Kalyan Banerjee, and claimed that the ruling party is politicising institutions and promoting political violence. Speaking to ANI, Poonawalla said, "It was a pre-planned experiment sponsor ...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 >
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Saturday alleged that the recent violence in Malda was a "pre-planned experiment" sponsored by the Trinamool Congress (TMC). He said the main accused, Mofakkerul Islam, has been seen with top TMC leaders, including Mamata Banerjee and Kalyan Banerjee, and claimed that the ruling party is politicising institutions and promoting political violence. Speaking to ANI, Poonawalla said, "It was a pre-pla ...Read More >
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 4 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister OP Rajbhar criticised the Malda hostage crisis, where seven judicial officers were held by villagers, stating that the situation in West Bengal is "worse than the Samajwadi Party's era of hooliganism" in Uttar Pradesh. "The people who went to Bengal are unhappy. The condition of people in Bengal is even worse than the hooliganism of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh," said Rajbhar. Earlier, a major politi ...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 >
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: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) began its probe on Friday into Malda's Kaliachak (Mothabari) incident where seven judicial officers were held hostage by a local mob two days ago, with a federal team arriving at the Mothabari police station from New Delhi. The NIA team visited the Block Development Office (BDO) complex in the area, where the officers were held hostage, prompting the Supreme Court to direct the Election Commission of India to initiate a federal investigation into t ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): The Malda violence has triggered a major political showdown, with the arrest of alleged mastermind All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Mofakkarul Islam by the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) drawing sharp reactions from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee defended her government. The West Bengal CID arrested advocate Mofakkarul Islam, identified as the alleged mastermind of ...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 3 (ANI): The Malda violence has triggered a major political showdown, with the arrest of alleged mastermind All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Mofakkarul Islam by the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) drawing sharp reactions from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee defended her government. The West Bengal CID arrested advocate Mofakkarul Islam, identified as the alleged mastermind of ...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 >
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 >
Balurghat (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Friday cast serious doubts over the timing and intent behind the arrest of alleged Malda violence mastermind Mofakkirul Islam, claiming it was a move to shield him from a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe. Addressing reporters, Majumdar said,"The NIA investigation is going on as per the instructions of our Election Commission and Chief Election Commissioner. Before that, the CID arrested him (Mofakkirul I ...Read More >
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrived at the Block Development Officer's (BDO) office in Malda in connection with the recent incident, where thousands of people on April 1 blocked the two gates of the Kaliachak-II BDO, holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. Earlier in the day, the anti-terror agency initiated the preliminary enquiry late on Thursday a ...Read More >
Balurghat (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Friday cast serious doubts over the timing and intent behind the arrest of alleged Malda violence mastermind Mofakkirul Islam, claiming it was a move to shield him from a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe. Addressing reporters, Majumdar said,"The NIA investigation is going on as per the instructions of our Election Commission and Chief Election Commissioner. Before that, the CID arrested him (Mofakkirul I ...Read More >
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrived at the Block Development Officer's (BDO) office in Malda in connection with the recent incident, where thousands of people on April 1 blocked the two gates of the Kaliachak-II BDO, holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. Earlier in the day, the anti-terror agency initiated the preliminary enquiry late on Thursday a ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Two days after the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda's Kaliachak BDO II office in West Bengal, the state police arrested advocate Mofakkarul Islam, an alleged mastermind behind the incident. Police nabbed Islam and his associate from Bagdogra airport in north Bengal on Friday. Islam was trying to flee to Bengaluru. Police said three cases have been registered against him at Kaliachak police station for allegedly instigating locals in three different places through speeches on ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the National Investigation Agency (NIA) starting a probe into the case of harassment of judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in West Bengal's Malda on the night of April 1, the total arrests in the case made by the state police till Friday afternoon have increased to 33. Confirming the number of arrests, the Additional Director General (North Bengal), K. Jayaraman, told media persons that the police have registered a total of 19 cases, both in the m ...Read More >
Kolkata : The West Bengal Police on Friday arrested two persons, including the alleged mastermind of the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda district, from Siliguri's Bagdogra airport, a senior officer said. The alleged mastermind, identified as advocate Mofakkarul Islam, was arrested while he was trying to board a flight, he said. "He is the mastermind of the Kaliachak incident in which seven judicial officers were gheraoed inside a block office for several hours on Wednesday night. He ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Russia's First Deputy Chairman Denis Manturov reaffirmed that Russian companies have the capacity to steadily increase supplies of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the Indian market amid the energy crisis due to the conflict in West Asia, underlining deepening energy cooperation between the two countries during his official visit to the country. According to a statement issued by the Russian Embassy in India on Telegram on Thursday, Manturov highlighted t ...Read More >
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], April 3 (ANI): BJP spokesperson Pratul Shahdeo on Friday strongly criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the recent Malda incident, where judicial officers were held hostage for nine hours allegedly by Trinamool Congress supporters. Speaking to ANI, Shahdeo said, "In Malda, judicial officers were confined for nine hours by Trinamool Congress supporters under the directions of Mamata Banerjee. During this time, the officers were denied basic facili ...Read More >
Kolkata: The West Bengal Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday arrested advocate Mofakkarul Islam, described as the alleged mastermind behind the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda district's Kaliachak area. He was detained at Bagdogra Airport near Siliguri while reportedly attempting to flee by boarding a flight. Islam, a lawyer and former AIMIM candidate in the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, is accused of being the primary instigator of the incident. He all ...Read More >
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): ADG North Bengal K Jayaraman on Friday said 35 people have been arrested till now in the Malda hostage incident. "We detained Mofakkarul Islam from Bagdogra airport, for instigating people. He was going to his residence in Ithar. We will not allow any such kind of activity. Will definitely probe if this was pre-planned or not. After this incident, we have given CAPF to judicial officers. So far, 35 people have been arrested," ADG said. Also Read | Ai ...Read More >
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