NIA officials attacked in West Bengal
TMC workers in connection with a probe of a 2022 blast in East Medinipur district. Two NIA officials sustained injuries in the incident while stones were reportedly pelted and vehicle of the officials was allegedly vandalized as they arrested two TMC workers. Slamming NIA and other agencies, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee questioned Why raids were conducted at midnight and ahead of elections.
A similar incident took place on January 5, which rocked the state, when an Enforcement Directorate officials went to conduct a raid at Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh’s house in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district and five ED officials were injured.
In a High Court probe, NIA had summoned two residents of Bhupatinagar-Balai Maiti and Manobrata Jana, in connection with the blast that ripped apart a house in Bhupatinagar on December 3, 2022. Three people were killed in the incident. As they did not appear for questioning, NIA officials nabbed them for questioning on Saturday early morning.
Early morning today, after the NIA officials were returning from their house with Jana and Maiti, suddenly they were attacked and then protests started.
Meanwhile, Banerjee lashed at the agency and said, «What right does the NIA have? They are doing all these to support the BJP. We call upon the entire world to fight against this BJP's dirty politics.»
Claiming women were tortured by NIA at midnight, Banerjee said from a public rally in Balurghat, «It was NIA that attacked and not women. At midnight NIA
