The Trinamool Congress’ battle in opposition to the central probe companies is getting intense with studies stating that the West Bengal police has registered an FIR in opposition to NIA officers beneath expenses of molestation. The NIA, in the meantime, has moved the Kolkata excessive courtroom in opposition to the police motion. The courtroom is ready to listen to the matter round 2pm.

Sources mentioned that the East Midnapore police has requested the National Investigation Agency to present particulars of their accidents, injury to car and different data, together with the sequence of occasions in the course of the raids.

Police mentioned that the First Information Report (FIR) was filed on the criticism of members of the family of the arrested accused and TMC employee Manabroto Jana. Sources added that the criticism acknowledged that NIA officers ‘molested women’ by breaking the doorways of their homes late at night time.

In a press release, the Bengal police mentioned, “Two NIA officers have been summoned in reference to the assault on NIA in Bhupatinagar. Mentioned within the discover each officers who complainant and an officer injured in the course of the assault will come as witnesses for the aim of investigation. The injured officer has additionally been requested to hold his medical papers and the automobile attacked, for forensics.”

A team of the NIA was allegedly attacked by a mob on Saturday when it went to arrest two main suspects in a 2022 Bhupatinagar blast case in Purba Medinipur district, sparking a political slugfest with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee accusing the investigators of assaulting the villagers.

On the same day, the NIA filed a written complaint about the attack in Bhupatinagar. The NIA said one of its officers was injured and a vehicle was damaged in the attack.

The attack on the NIA team happened around three months after villagers and locals assaulted a team of Enforcement Department (ED) officers when they went to raid the residence of, now arrested, TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh on January 5 in connection with the alleged ration scam.

Some reports stated that the Bengal police has detained three people in connection with the attack on NIA officials. However, there has been no official confirmation of arrests so far.

The NIA on Monday had issued summons to three Trinamool Congress leaders — Manab Kumar Karaya, Subir Maity and Naba Kumar Ponda — asking them to appear before its officers for questioning in connection with the Bhupatinagar blast case.

Meanwhile, several TMC leaders gathered in New Delhi to protest outside the Election Commission’s (EC) office, demanding that the chiefs of the CBI, NIA, ED and income-tax department be changed.

The leaders, protesting on Monday, were shortly detained by the Delhi Police. They were reportedly asked to disperse by the police, but as they continued their protest, the security personnel forcibly evicted them and detained them.

A police officer said the leaders were detained as section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which prohibits large gatherings, is imposed in the area and no permission was taken for the protest.

Late on Monday, the Delhi Police said the TMC leaders have been released. The leaders, however, maintained that they will remain in the police station through the night and continue their protest.

A war of words was also witnessed between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the CPI(M), and the TMC, with the saffron party leaders pointing out similarities with the Sandeshkhali incident.

“TMC leaders do not care about the Constitution of India and democracy. If anyone has insulted the Constitution, constitutional institutions and democracy, it is TMC leaders. They are doing ‘nautanki’ (gimmick) to protect and save Shahjahan Sheikh,” BJP nationwide basic secretary Arun Singh instructed reporters.

The protest by TMC leaders exhibits their frustration with the get together sensing its defeat within the Lok Sabha polls, he added.