Mominpur communal violence: NIA files chargesheet against 14 accused

Kolkata, Jan 9: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against 14 accused in West Bengal's Mominpur communal violence that occurred on October 9 last year, the agency said on Sunday (Jan 8).

 

 

 

 

The anti-terror agency filed the chargesheet in NIA special court, Calcutta which pertains to the clash between members of two communities who engaged in brick-batting, stone-pelting and hurled bombs at each other. The member of the two communities also deterred police personnel from discharging their official duties by physically assaulting them, damaging vehicles parked nearby and also attacked police personnel in the jurisdiction of Ekbalpore Police Station, Kolkata.

 

 

 

 

 

The case was initially registered on October 10 last year at Ekbalpur Police Station in, Kolkata, West Bengal and re-registered by the NIA on October 18 last year. Those named in the chargesheet included Md Fakruddin Siddique, Md Salauddin Siddique, Md Sahabuddin Siddique, Md Idul Siddique, Md Ziauddin, Badrul Hossain, Ohab Hossain, Mustafa Hussain, Zakir Hossain, Gholam Md Izhar, Md Faiyaz, Sunny, Raju and Imamul Haque. The accused persons were chargesheeted under sections 120B, 147, 149, 152, 332, 353 and 436 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908.

 

Investigations revealed that the accused hatched a criminal conspiracy, gathered into an unlawful assembly with the intention to attack dwelling houses and shops of people of a particular community at Gali No. 8, Bhukailash Road, Kolkata by using crude bombs, petrol bombs, wooden sticks, brickbats and stones. Further, the chargesheet mentions, the accused persons, as part of an unlawful mob, prevented the police force from entering Gali No. 8, Bhukailash Road to control the riots and even assaulted Police personnel of Kolkata Police. The NIA filed the chargesheet three days after it carried out searches at 17 locations in Kolkata on Jan 4 in connection with the case and seized Rs 33.87 lakh in cash from the residence of three absconding accused.

 

 

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