Malda: NIA has detained Congress Mothabari candidate Sayem Choudhury, gram panchayat member Golam Rabbani and two others for questioning in the April 1 Mothabari violence, in which seven judicial officers were confined for eight hours at the Kaliachak-II block office, reports Subhro Maitra.Sources said both Choudhury and Rabbani were present among the crowd that gathered outside the block office that morning. Rabbani, an ISF panchayat member, was reportedly seen addressing the agitators — hundreds of villagers, primarily women whose names had been deleted from the electoral roll.The NIA, which took over the investigation following a Supreme Court order, has already taken custody of 50 individuals previously arrested by police in connection with the incident.
