NIA says no mala fide intent in action in Bhupatinagar blast case, attack on its team 'unprovoked'

NIA strongly refuted the allegation of mala fide intention while carrying out raids and arrests in a two-year-old blast case during which its team was attacked by an unruly crowd in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on April 7 strongly refuted the allegation of mala fide intention while carrying out raids and arrests in a two-year-old blast case during which its team was attacked by an unruly crowd in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district.

One NIA officer was injured and a vehicle was damaged on Saturday when the NIA team was going to arrest two persons in the Bhupatinagar blast case, in which three persons were killed in December 2022.

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"The NIA categorically refuted allegations of mala fide in its Bhupatinagar blast case," an agency spokesperson said.

The NIA spokesperson termed the entire controversy "unfortunate" and made it clear that the attack on its team was "completely unprovoked".

The NIA statement came hours after Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee alleged an "unholy alliance" between the NIA and the BJP and said the Election Commission remains "conspicuously silent" on the issue.

"Experience the unfolding alliance between the @NIA_India and @BJP4Bengal, orchestrating conspiracies against Trinamool leaders and the Model Code of Conduct.