NIA arrests two accused in Malda pre-poll SIR-related violence cases

Continuing with its investigation into the dozen cases registered in connection with the Malda pre-poll SIR-related mob blockades, violence, and detention of judicial officers, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two more accused persons in two separate cases.   The accused, identified as Maulana Imran Ali and Rinku SK, have been taken into custody over illegal detention of judicial officers, blockade of a National Highway, disruption of law and order, and attacks on police personnel engaged in official duty during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls in the Malda district of West Bengal.