Violent attack on NIA team in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur
THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK Kolkata, April 6: In the Bhupatinagar region of West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district, villagers ambushed and attacked…
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THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
Kolkata, April 6: In the Bhupatinagar region of West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district, villagers ambushed and attacked an NIA vehicle carrying officials on Saturday. The officers had gone there to look into a bomb blast case from 2022.
When the car was attacked, a team of NIA officers who had earlier in the morning taken two people into custody in relation to the investigation were returning to Kolkata, police said.
A senior police official reported that locals surrounded the vehicle and threw stones at it, resulting in an injury to one of the officers from the NIA.
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In this context, he said, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has also filed a police complaint.
In a video circulating on social media, purportedly depicting the incident, locals were observed gathering around a vehicle, attempting to prevent the NIA team from taking the suspect with them.
Following the incident, a substantial deployment of central police forces has arrived at Bhupatinagar.
On December 3, 2022, an explosion in Bhupatinagar tore apart a kutcha house, killing three people. Later, the NIA took over the probe.
