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NIA officers contain been charged underneath sections 354 (molestation) and 441 (trespassing) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Bhupatinagar police discipline of East Medinipur.
Police within the japanese Indian verbalize of West Bengal booked officers of the federal Nationwide Investigation Agency (NIA) underneath costs of molestation after they contain been attacked in East Medinipur on Saturday (Apr 6) at some stage within the raid and investigation of a 2022 blast.
NIA officers contain been charged underneath sections 354 (molestation) and 441 (trespassing) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Bhupatinagar police discipline of East Medinipur. The FIR modified into filed following complaints by family people of the arrested accused and All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) employee Manabroto Jana. TMC is presently in energy in West Bengal, led by the CM Mamata Banerjee.
As per the criticism, NIA officers molested females by breaking the doorways of their homes unimaginative at night.
Earlier, the NIA also filed a case at Bhupatinagar police discipline in terms of the assault on them by locals. No one has been arrested within the case to this level.
NIA refutes allegations
Following the accusations, the NIA workforce refuted claims and asserted that the assault modified into “unprovoked.” The agency, in a commentary on Sunday (Apr 8) mentioned, “NIA made it determined that its actions contain been bona fide, simply and legally mandated, as segment of its ongoing investigation into the immoral crime associated to the fabrication of rude bombs… NIA has reiterated that its workforce had reach underneath violent assault by an unruly mob when they had gone to habits searches in Naruabila village on Saturday in connection with its probe in mentioned case.”
Its an assault on the Indian Constitution, says BJP
The NIA workforce modified into attacked after they arrested two TMC workers in connection with the December 3, 2022 blast which killed three of us. Balai Maiti and Manobrata Jana contain been picked up by the federal agency for investigation. Nonetheless, their vehicles contain been rapidly attacked, main to minor accidents to as a minimum two NIA officers.
The Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) condemned the West Bengal authorities for the assault, calling it an assault on the Indian Constitution.
“Attacking a Central agency capability attacking the Indian Constitution. Booking NIA officers underneath molestation costs for performing their duties is an illustration of the give blueprint of all constitutional bodies. They’ve launched a war towards the Indian Constitution,” mentioned BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya.
Opposition occasion CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty also criticised the Mamata administration for submitting cases towards NIA officers.
“The Bid authorities is provoking. The NIA attacked, but the police didn’t arrest any individual interested by that incident. Quite they’ve booked NIA officers. It is so unhappy. What raise out you question when the CM herself is sending a message that the central agency can now now not act towards them,” mentioned Chakraborty.
Reaction by West Bengal CM
Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticised the NIA’s actions and alleged that the central agencies are biased in direction of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP).
“Why did they raid at the hours of darkness? Did they’ve police permission? Locals reacted within the manner they’d contain if every other stranger had visited the space at the hours of darkness. Why are they involving of us appropriate earlier than the elections? What does the BJP think, that they’ll arrest each booth agent? What appropriate does NIA contain? They’re doing all these to toughen the BJP. We name upon all of the arena to fight by distinction BJP’s soiled politics,” questioned Banerjee.
(With inputs from agencies)
