A single-judge bench of Justice Jai Sengupta also directed that any interrogation of NIA staff by the state police should be videographed, and that too after giving 62 hours notice.
Recall that an NIA team was attacked on the morning of April 6 when they were returning from Bhupatinagar after arresting two local Trinamool Congress leaders in connection with the December 2022 blast in which three people died. Was.
Soon after the NIA lodged an FIR at the Bhupatinagar police station over the attack on its staff, a family member of one of the two arrested Trinamool leaders filed a counter-FIR against the central agency's staff, accusing them of molestation. Was.
On Tuesday, the NIA approached Justice Sengupta's bench challenging the counter FIR. After hearing both the sides on Wednesday, Justice Sengupta restrained the state police from taking any coercive action against the NIA officials.
Incidentally, while addressing an election rally in South Dinajpur district on Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of shielding the accused in the 2022 Bhupatinagar blast case and implicating NIA officials investigating the case. tried.
Recall that an NIA team was attacked on the morning of April 6 when they were returning from Bhupatinagar after arresting two local Trinamool Congress leaders in connection with the December 2022 blast in which three people died. Was.
Soon after the NIA lodged an FIR at the Bhupatinagar police station over the attack on its staff, a family member of one of the two arrested Trinamool leaders filed a counter-FIR against the central agency's staff, accusing them of molestation. Was.
On Tuesday, the NIA approached Justice Sengupta's bench challenging the counter FIR. After hearing both the sides on Wednesday, Justice Sengupta restrained the state police from taking any coercive action against the NIA officials.
Incidentally, while addressing an election rally in South Dinajpur district on Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of shielding the accused in the 2022 Bhupatinagar blast case and implicating NIA officials investigating the case. tried.
