The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against 14 people in a case about the clash between members of two communities in West Bengal last year, an official said on Sunday, as reported by the news agency PTI. The chargesheet was filed in a special NIA court in Kolkata on Saturday under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Explosive Substances Act, PTI reported citing a spokesperson.
The case was initially registered at the Ekbalpore Police Station on October 10, 2022, and it was re-registered by the NIA eight days later, pertaining to a clash between members of two communities. The accused were engaged in brick-batting, stone-pelting, and hurling bombs at each other.
They also deterred police personnel from discharging their official duties by physically assaulting them, damaging vehicles parked nearby, and also attacking police personnel in the jurisdiction of Ekbalpore police station, the spokesperson said, PTI reported.
Official identified charge-sheeted accused as Fakruddin Siddique, his brothers Salauddin, Sahabuddin, Idul, and Ziauddin, Badrul Hossain and his brother Ohab Hossain, Gholam Md Izhar, Mustafa Hussain, Zakir Hossain, Faiyaz, Sunny, Raju and Imamul Haque.
According to PTI, investigations disclosed that the accused hatched a criminal conspiracy, gathered into an unlawful assembly intending to attack dwelling houses/shops of people of a particular community at Bhukailash Road, Kolkata by using crude bombs, petrol bombs, wooden sticks, brickbats, and stones.
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"Further, the accused persons, as part of an unlawful mob, prevented the police force from entering the area to control the riots and even assaulted police personnel," the spokesperson said, quoted by PTI.
(With PTI Inputs)