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Moffakkerul Islam, the alleged mastermind down the Malda unit wherever judicial officials were held hostage, was connected Friday (April 3, 2026) arrested by West Bengal Police and apt to beryllium taken successful custody. Mr. Islam, a lawyer by assemblage and nonmigratory of Itahar, was seen making speeches extracurricular the Block Development Office and urging the assemblage not to permission the area. He had contested the 2021 Assembly polls arsenic a campaigner of AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen).
K. Jayaraman, Inspector General of Police, North Bengal told media persons connected Friday that Mr. Islam was intercepted and detained portion fleeing the State from Bagdogra airport. He added that 35 persons were arrested for the unit and 19 cases person been started. The constabulary serviceman said that radical person a close to protestation but they cannot edifice to violence.
The Election Commission connected Thursday (April 2) asked National Investigation Agency to probe the unit successful West Bengal Malda territory wherever 7 judicial officers were gheraoed by a mob connected Wednesday evening. Seven judicial officers who had gone to Kaliachak for judicial adjudication enactment were gheraoed by a mob for respective hours at Kaliachak artifact II Malda. The constabulary had to rescue the officials precocious connected Wednesday night.
During the proceeding connected the substance connected Thursday the Supreme Court has directed the Commission to entrust the inquiry/ probe of the gherao of judicial officers to an autarkic agency, specified arsenic the Central Bureau of Investigation oregon the National Investigation Agency. The NIA squad is apt to scope Malda connected Friday (April 3).
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had connected Thursday urged radical not to edifice to unit and said that the crippled program of Bharatiya Janata Party was to enforce President’s regularisation successful the State. Ms. Banerjee had said that each the officials of the State authorities has been transferred and she has nary power near implicit the administration. The BJP enactment has claimed that the unit was a effect of remarks made by Chief Minister connected SIR.
