Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Following the harassment of the judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in minority-dominated Malda district of West Bengal on the night of April 1, the Additional District Magistrate (law and order) of the district, Shaikh Ansar Ahamad, an Indian Administrative (IAS) officer, has been slapped with a show-cause notice charging him of serious dereliction of duty.The show-cause notice dated April 4 was issued by the office of the Malda District Magistrate. Ahamad had be…
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Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the entire country has been shocked over the recent incident at Kaliachak in Malda district of West Bengal, where seven judicial officers were held hostage by miscreants. “The entire country saw and was shocked by the manner in which judges were held hostage. Even judges are not spared under the Trinamool Congress regime in West Bengal. The Kaliachak incident is an example of the brutality of the Trinamool Congress govern…
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) Intelligence agencies, bot central and state, including the members of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team, probing the incident regarding the harassment of the judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in Malda district of West Bengal are trying to track the overseas links of the arrested mastermind in the case, Mofakkarul Islam, and his close aide and YouTuber Akramul Bagani, sources said on Saturday. Both Islam and Bagani were arrested at Bagdogra Airport by…
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) 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 …
Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal), April 3 (IANS) Union Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar, on Friday, put forward his apprehension on the arrest of AIMIM leader Mofakkarul Islam by the West Bengal Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for allegedly being the mastermind behind the harassment of judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in Malda district. Alleging Islam’s connection with the Trinamool Congress, he accused the ruling party of trying to save him. Mofakkarul Islam was arre…
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) 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 matter of the…
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) Mofakkarul Islam, the mastermind behind the harassment of judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in West Bengal’s Malda district, was arrested at Bagdogra airport in Darjeeling district on Friday while trying to escape from the state. An advocate by profession, Islam has been actively associated with Asaduddin Owaisi-founded All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).An arrest warrant was issued against Mofakkerul on Thursday on the orders of the Supreme Court. S…
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday night decided to hand over the probe into the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in minority-dominated Malda district to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and instead entrusted the investigation to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).Earlier, on Thursday evening, information from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, had indicated that the CBI would probe t…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Acting on the directions of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) requesting it to conduct an inquiry into the recent incident in West Bengal’s Malda district where judicial officers deputed for electoral roll revision work were allegedly gheraoed and attacked.In a communication addressed to the Director General of the NIA, the poll panel referred to the apex court’s order passed in a suo mot…
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, at a virtual meeting on Thursday, directed the West Bengal Police to ensure the arrest of every culprit behind the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in Malda district at the earliest by midnight. At the meeting, West Bengal Director General of Police Siddh Nath Gupta and the Malda district police superintendent, Anupam Singh faced the ire of the CEC for delayed response by the state police in …