Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed charge sheets against 23 individuals in two cases related to the harassment of judges engaged in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) work at Mothabari in minority-dominated Malda district of West Bengal earlier this year. The chargesheet was filed at a special court of the NIA in Kolkata.Sources aware of the development said that 23 individuals have been charged under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (B…
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Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday informed that four more accused persons have been arrested in connection with four separate cases related to road blockades and the alleged illegal detention of judicial officers during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls at Mothabari in Malda district of West Bengal.With these four fresh arrests the total number of arrests in these cases by the NIA has increased to 72.The accused have been booked under …
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested 15 more accused in connection with the April 1 incident in which seven judicial officers were held hostage during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) phase at Mothabari in the minority-dominated Malda district of West Bengal.According to sources, the arrests of these 15 accused took place following a massive raid and search operations by NIA sleuths in different locations in Malda district that started on Monday night a…
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court has rejected the bail applications of 52 accused in the case relating to the alleged besieging and harassment of officials assigned to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) work in Mothabari in Malda district. On Thursday, the court ordered that all of them, including Mofakkerul Islam, be sent to judicial custody. The 52 accused will remain in judicial custody till May 13.The officials appointed by the Calcutta High Court were respo…
Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sought custody of 12 of the 49 accused arrested in the case of harassing judges assigned to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) work in Mothabari, Malda district. The remaining 37 have been granted judicial custody. The lawyer of the arrested Mofakkerul Islam has filed a bail application. The state police had described him as the ‘mastermind’ of the incident.The hearing of the Mothabari case was held in the Kolkata …
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency has applied to the court for the custody of 47 accused arrested in the Kaliachak incident, an official of the central investigation agency said. About 12 First Information Reports have already been filed in this incident. Incidentally, the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Malda district had already remanded those arrested in this incident to police custody. Later, the court ordered that the 46 accused be placed in judicial …