The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed charge sheets against 31 people accused of taking judicial officers hostage during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in April this year in West Bengal’s Malda district.
The accused have been charged under various sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, National Highways Act, 1956, and West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order (WBMPO) Act, 1972.
The NIA arrested 15 people in two separate cases related to the incident on April 1, and over 60 people have been arrested in connection with the incident till date.
The NIA registered at least 12 First Information Reporters (FIRs), with five lodged at the Kaliachak police station and seven at Mothabari police station.
