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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Saturday (April 4, 2026) claimed that portion the existent culprits down the unit and gherao of judicial officers successful Malda district's Mothabari person escaped, the NIA is picking up guiltless section people and harassing them.
Addressing an predetermination rally astatine Manikchak successful Malda, she urged the gathering not to attack judicial officers scrutinising 'under adjudication' cases post-SIR, alternatively taxable applications earlier tribunals for re-inclusion of names of those erroneously removed from the voters' list.
"Two communal parties gheraoed the judges and escaped. Now, section youths are being harassed by the NIA. They person picked up immoderate 50 guiltless radical successful the sanction of investigations," Ms. Banerjee said, ostensibly referring to the ISF and the AIMIM.
She fto retired a gasp of disbelief from the dais aft an overwhelming fig of hands were raised from those attending the nationalist gathering erstwhile Banerjee asked for a amusement of hands of those whose names were deleted from the electoral rolls.
"There is nary request to clasp governmental rallies and meetings of our party. My precedence is to widen assistance to these radical to use earlier tribunals to see the names wrongly deleted from the electoral rolls," the TMC supremo instructed the party’s section leaders contiguous connected the stage.
"Do not autumn for immoderate provocation. The BJP wants to stoke unit and past usage cardinal agencies to prime up radical arsenic they did successful Mothabari," she told the gathering.
Seven judicial officers were held hostage wrong the section BDO bureau successful the Mothabari country of Malda district, and an eighth was confined wrong a conveyance for astir 9 hours connected Wednesday (April 1) aft a ample crowd, protesting post-SIR deletion of names from voters' lists, turned convulsive by blocking roads, vandalising vehicles and attacking constabulary personnel.
So far, 35 radical person been arrested by the State CID successful connection with the violence. The NIA has present been tasked by the EC with probing the incidental pursuing a directive from the Supreme Court, which has censured the West Bengal medication implicit the issue.
