The Crossbill Team
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) approached the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (April 9) with a petition for an urgent hearing on the issue of the attack on its officials which happened on 6th April in Bhupatinagar in West Bengal's East Midnapore district.
A single-judge bench of Justice Jay Sengupta has admitted the plea and the matter will come up for hearing in the second half on Tuesday only.
The attack on NIA officials took place on the morning of April 6 when the NIA officials were returning from Bhupatinagar after arresting two local Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders. The two leaders namely Balai Charan Maity and Monobrata Jana were arrested in connection with a blast that took place in Bhupatinagar on December 2022 which killed three persons.
It has been reported that one NIA official was injured in that attack. The attack was conducted by a group of villagers reportedly having the backing of the ruling party. However, TMC leadership including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had accused NIA officials of provoking the villagers.
Even the family members of one of the arrested TMC leaders had filed a counter FIR against the NIA officials accusing the latter of molestation. However, on the very same day, NIA by issuing a statement had rubbished all the allegations and described the controversies arising over the issue as “unfortunate”.
The state police have already sent notice to two NIA officials to join the investigation in connection with the attack on their men. One of the two officials is a complainant in the case and the other is the one who suffered minor injuries.
The officer who suffered minor injuries has also been asked to bring the medical report concerned along with him. Even the NIA officials have been asked to bring that vehicle to Bhupatinagar police station which was damaged during the attack.
A single-judge bench of Justice Jay Sengupta has admitted the plea and the matter will come up for hearing in the second half on Tuesday only.
The attack on NIA officials took place on the morning of April 6 when the NIA officials were returning from Bhupatinagar after arresting two local Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders. The two leaders namely Balai Charan Maity and Monobrata Jana were arrested in connection with a blast that took place in Bhupatinagar on December 2022 which killed three persons.
It has been reported that one NIA official was injured in that attack. The attack was conducted by a group of villagers reportedly having the backing of the ruling party. However, TMC leadership including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had accused NIA officials of provoking the villagers.
Even the family members of one of the arrested TMC leaders had filed a counter FIR against the NIA officials accusing the latter of molestation. However, on the very same day, NIA by issuing a statement had rubbished all the allegations and described the controversies arising over the issue as “unfortunate”.
The state police have already sent notice to two NIA officials to join the investigation in connection with the attack on their men. One of the two officials is a complainant in the case and the other is the one who suffered minor injuries.
The officer who suffered minor injuries has also been asked to bring the medical report concerned along with him. Even the NIA officials have been asked to bring that vehicle to Bhupatinagar police station which was damaged during the attack.
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