'Our pilot met with an accident...': Judge pleads for help amid mob attack after 9-hour hostage ordeal during SIR protest

'Our pilot met with an accident...': Judge pleads for help amid mob attack after 9-hour hostage ordeal during SIR protest

Kolkata/IBNS: In a shocking breakdown of law and order, chaos erupted in Kaliachak in West Bengal’s Malda district as a judicial officer was heard desperately pleading for help after her vehicle came under attack by an agitated mob in the dead of night.

by Trans World Features April 02, 2026

'BJP plotting Presidents Rule, dont fall in the trap': Mamata Banerjee on Malda unrest, urges peace

'BJP plotting Presidents Rule, dont fall in the trap': Mamata Banerjee on Malda unrest, urges peace

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday blamed “outside provocation” for the nine-hour hostage crisis involving judicial officers in Malda’s Kaliachak, even as the incident drew strong criticism from the Supreme Court of India.

by Trans World Features April 02, 2026