Highway Blocked With Benches, Poles In Bengal Anti-SIR Protest: Inside NIA's Mothabari Chargesheet

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• Highway Blocked With Benches, Poles In Bengal Anti-SIR Protest: Inside NIA's Mothabari Chargesheet Reported By, Edited By Last Updated: June 03, 2026, 09:05 IST The FIR also alleged that officers attempting to clear the road were obstructed and that emergency services and public movement were adversely affected.
• Rapid Read Kolkata: NIA investigators continue their probe into the Mothabari incident, in Malda district.
• (Image: PTI) The Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed chargesheets against 31 accused persons in four separate cases linked to road blockades and the alleged illegal detention of judicial officers during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Malda district ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections.
• The case relates to demonstrations that took place at Jadupur More in Kaliachak on April 1, where, according to investigators, around 1,000 to 1,200 people assembled and blocked NH-12, a key arterial highway connecting several districts of the state.