'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

'Most polarised state': CJI Kant raps Bengal govt over 9-hour hostage of judicial officers

'Most polarised state': CJI Kant raps Bengal govt over 9-hour hostage of judicial officers

New Delhi :: In a scathing observation, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Thursday termed the nine-hour hostage crisis involving judicial officers in West Bengal’s Malda as “calculated and motivated”, calling the state the “most polarised”.

by Trans World Features April 02, 2026