Absconding Former TMC MLA Saokat Molla Arrested By NIA In Bhangar Blast Case

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• Absconding TMC MLA Saokat Molla Arrested By NIA In Bhangar Blast Case Published By, Last Updated: June 06, 2026, 00:52 IST One person was killed, and three others sustained critical injuries in a crude bomb explosion in South 24 Parganas district on March 19. Rapid Read Mollah, who represented the Canning Purba Assembly constituency and won elections in 2016 and 2021, recently had his security cover withdrawn by the state government.
• (Photo: X) Trinamool Congress MLA Saokat Molla, who was declared absconding by the Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the Bhangar blast case, was arrested on Friday.
• “We have arrested Saokat Molla as part of the ongoing investigation into the Bhangar bomb blast case.
• He will be produced before a court, and further legal proceedings will follow," an NIA official told PTI.
• Molla’s family claimed that the TMC leader had surrendered to NIA officials near Chingrihata.