A police report has indicated that the attack on the seven judicial officers in Malda on April 1 was pre-meditated and not a spontaneous eruption of anger over the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls underway in Bengal. That evening, when the seven judicial officers were inside the Kaliachak-I block development officer’s office, a 100-strong mob had assembled outside. Calls were made to Calcutta and the local administration to rescue the judicial officers, but till close to midnight no attempts were made to ensure their safe passage, it says. The vehicles carrying the judicial officers, the central forces personnel and the police were hit. The Supreme Court had fumed at the attack on the judicial officers and had on Thursday instructed that either the CBI or the NIA should handle the probe.

Source: The Telegraph April 03, 2026 17:38 UTC