The National Investigation Age🐼ncy has issued summons to three Trinamool Congress le🐟aders asking them to appear before its officers for questioning in connection with the Bhupatinagar blast case, an official said on Monday.
The three leaders -- Manab Kumar Karaya, S♔ubir Maity an🔯d Naba Kumar Ponda -- have been asked to appear before NIA officers here on Monday, he said.
"Three TMC leaders have been summoned to our city office 🥃for questioning on Monday morning," the officer told PTI.
The trio had skipped appearing befor🦋e NIA officers when summoned for questioning last week.
The two arrested TMC♔ leaders were "not cooperating" with our officers, the NIA officer said.
A team of the NIA was allegedly attacked by a mob on Saturday when it went to arrest two main suspects in a 2022 Bhupatinagar blast case in Purba Medinipur district, sparking a political slugfest with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing the investigators of assaulting the vil𝓰lagers.
The NIA said one of its officers was injured and a vehicle ♑was damaged in the attack tha𝓀t happened in Bhupatinagar.
The attack on the NIA team happened around three months after villagers and local🍰s assaulted a team of Enforcement Department (ED) officers when they went to raid the residence of, now arrested, TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh on January 5 in connection with the alleged ration scam.
