Nadda convoy attack case
Usti police have arrested Trinamool leader Imran Hasan in connection with the alleged attack on JP Nadda’s convoy on December 10, 2020. According to sources, Hasan was arrested near Deula late on Wednesday.
Hasan faces allegations related to the attack on Nadda’s convoy, threats before the election, violence against BJP workers and the vandalism of houses. He had served as the youth Trinamool president of the Magrahat West Assembly constituency, according to the information available.
The convoy was allegedly attacked with stones and sticks while Nadda was travelling towards Diamond Harbour. There are also allegations that bricks were thrown at Dilip Ghosh’s car, damaging it, and that Kailash Vijayvargiya was injured.
The incident has been mentioned in the context of the 2021 Assembly election, when Nadda was travelling to hold a meeting in Diamond Harbour, the constituency of Abhishek Banerjee. The attack was reported on the route through the Sarisha and Falta areas.
Sources have said that no one was arrested in the case during the Trinamool government’s tenure. The investigation has also referred to the arrests of Tausif Ahmed Molla alias Bachchu, Arif Hossain, Anisur Rahman, Sanjib Mondal, Ripon and Jahangir Khan.
Tausif Ahmed Molla alias Bachchu has been identified in the supplied information as the public works officer of Magrahat No. 1 panchayat samiti. Investigators are examining whether anyone else was involved in the incident.
The investigation into the case began after directions were issued following the change of government in the state.