Overview
- A Nazat police team moved to Boyarmari village on Friday night to detain TMC activist Musa Mollah when villagers allegedly pelted stones and vandalised a police vehicle.
- Reinforcements dispersed the crowd and secured Mollah’s transfer to the station, with six injured officers treated at a local hospital and discharged.
- Two local Trinamool leaders, including the gram panchayat pradhan, were detained on allegations of instigating the violence, police said.
- Authorities report multiple arrests connected to the attack, with outlets citing eight or nine detained, and investigators are conducting raids and reviewing CCTV footage.
- The clash revived memories of a January 2024 assault on an Enforcement Directorate team in Sandeshkhali, as BJP leaders criticised law and order and the TMC publicly condemned the attack.