Villagers in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district attacked the vehicle of NIA officials on Saturday. NIA's team had gone to probe a 2022 bomb blast case, police said.
The incident took place in the Bhupatinagar area of West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district.
A team of NIA officials earlier this morning arrested two persons in connection with the case and were on their way back to Kolkata when the vehicle came under attack, they said.
A senior police official providing information regarding the attack, stated, "Locals gheraoed the vehicle and pelted stones at it. The NIA has said one of its officers was also injured."
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has also lodged a police complaint in this regard, he said. Officials of the federal probe agency were unavailable for comments on the incident.
A huge contingent of the central police force has reached Bhupatinagar, where the NIA team is present along with the two arrested persons, police said.
Three persons were killed when an explosion ripped apart a kutcha house in Bhupatinagar on December 3, 2022. The investigation was later handed over to the NIA.
Saturday’s incident also brought back memories of January 5, when ED officials were attacked in the Sandeshkhali area in North 24 Parganas during a raid in connection with a ration scam.
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