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Six policemen were injured erstwhile a mob attacked them aft they arrested a Trinamool Congress activistic successful the Sandeshkhali country of North 24 Parganas district, an serviceman said connected Saturday (January 3, 2026).
“The squad from Nazat constabulary presumption went to Boyermari colony nether Sandeshkhali artifact connected Friday (January 2, 2026). nighttime to apprehension TMC activistic Musa Mollah. The policemen were attacked by a radical of villagers who besides damaged the constabulary vehicle,” the serviceman said.
The six injured cops, including an officer, were provided attraction astatine the section infirmary and discharged. They were wounded successful chromatic pelting by a conception of villagers erstwhile they picked up Mollah from his residence and took him wrong the constabulary vehicle.
“Mollah, who was arrested connected charges of forcibly taking distant waterbodies successful the country for pisciculture, could yet beryllium taken to the constabulary presumption aft reinforcements were sent and chased distant the mob,” the serviceman said. “Apart from him, 2 section TMC leaders, including the gram panchayat pradhan, were detained for instigating the mob attack,” the serviceman added.
On January 5, 2024, an ED squad came nether onslaught aft reaching the country to raid the residence of section TMC strongman and Zilla Parishad subordinate Sheikh Shahjahan successful transportation with an alleged ration organisation scam. Shahjahan was arrested by the CBI aboriginal and is presently nether judicial custody.
BJP person Sajal Ghosh said, “The onslaught connected State constabulary showed the 'desperation and brazenness' of TMC activists nether Mamata Banerjee's rule.”
"From the onslaught connected ED officials 2 years backmost to the onslaught connected State constabulary now, the signifier remains the same. Will the State constabulary muster the courageousness to basal up against the ruling enactment and instrumentality due action?" Mr. Ghosh asked.
TMC spokesperson Arup Chakraborty said, "The onslaught connected the constabulary was deplorable, and the enactment does not enactment specified activities. Whatever enactment the constabulary instrumentality volition person our support."
