Top news of the day: PM Modi says Trinamool attacks central agencies to protect corrupt leaders; Arrested Trinamool leader’s wife lodges FIR against NIA officers alleging assault, and more
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PM Modi’s rally in Jalpaiguri, Arrested TMC leaders’s wife files complaint against NIA, and more in The Hindu’s top news of April 07, 2024.
PM Modi Jalpaiguri rally | Central agencies attacked in Bengal as TMC wants to protect corrupt leaders, says Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged on April 7 that the TMC desires a free license for corruption and violence in West Bengal, which is why central agencies investigating such cases face attacks in the State. While addressing a mega rally in Jalpaiguri, Mr. Modi also claimed that “TMC’s syndicate Raj” prevails in West Bengal, and the party is only interested in protecting its corrupt leaders. Earlier in the day, Mr. Modi also took a dig at the INDIA (Indian National Development, Inclusive Alliance) parties saying that the Congress manifesto had the imprint of the Muslim League. At a rally in Nawada, Bihar, he called them ‘anti-Sanathan’ and ‘corrupt’.
Arrested TMC leader’s wife lodges FIR against NIA officers alleging assault
Wife of arrested TMC leader Monobrata Jana has filed an FIR against NIA officials alleging that they tried to outrage her modesty after forcibly entering her residence in Bhupatinagar in the pretext of conducting a probe, a police officer said on April 7. The NIA on April 6 arrested two key conspirators — Balai Charan Maity and Manobrata Jana — in a 2022 blast case in West Bengal’s Purba Medinpur district in which three persons were killed. Jana’s wife Moni Jana lodged her complaint with Bhupatinagar police station alleging that NIA officers also vandalised properties in her residence during their search, he said.
Mamata accuses Central agencies of asking TMC leaders to join BJP or face action
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on April 7 alleged the Central investigating agencies were asking TMC leaders to either join the BJP or face action. Addressing an election rally in Purulia district, she alleged agencies such as the ED, CBI, NIA and the I-T Department were working as “arms” of the BJP.
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