After ED, now police attacked in Sandeshkhali, 8 arrested

The West Bengal Police personnel were attacked in North 24-Parganas district’s Nazat police station area while trying to stop illegal construction on a plot of land, the police said on Saturday.

Several police officers were injured after locals hurled bricks and stones at them and a police vehicle was also vandalised.

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As of now, eight people have been arrested in connection with the incident.

After the Enforcement Directorate (ED), it was the turn of the state police to face the heat of locals.

Musa Molla, an alleged Trinamul Congress activist, according to police sources , was allegedly found involved in illegal construction letting salt water into other’s lands.

A suit was filed in the court against the incident. The court had asked the local police station to clamp Sec 144 on the said land and ban any kind of activity till further order, which was put in place.

But what according to police, Musa continued with his illegal act defying the court order and hence the Rajbari police station had served notice on him to depose before the police station for interrogation.

After Musa failed to appear at the police station, a team from the Rajbari PS was sent to take him to the police station for interrogation on Friday night.

This was when an alleged attack on the police by a group of his aides was launched to get him free from police. In the process, a crowd assembled there, not only mounted an attack on the police but also vandalised police vehicles leaving an officer and five other police personnel seriously injured.

The police sources said that they were on the trail of the prime accused and to get further information on the alleged attack, pradhan and upapradhan of Boyarmari Gram Panchayat 2 were detained.

Police said that strict action will be taken against those who attempted illegal construction in defiance of a court order and attacked the police.

An investigation into the incident is underway.

“Eight people have been arrested and several others have been detained. A search is on for the remaining suspects,” a senior officer of Basirhat Police said.