NIA files first supplementary chargesheet against three in Bengal's Bhupatinagar blast case
Jul 04, 2024
New Delhi [India], July 4 : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday filed the first supplementary chargesheet against three accused in the 2022 Bhupatinagar (West Bengal) blast case, which killed three persons, while charges against three accused who were killed in the blast have been abated.
NIA's chargesheet in the case (RC-16/2023/NIA/DLI) filed before the Special Court in Calcutta names three deceased, Raj Kumar Manna, Biswajit Gayen and Buddhadeb Manna, and three others, identified as Panchanan Ghorai, Manobrata Jana and Balai Charan Maity. Of the latter three, the first is out on bail and the other two are in judicial custody.
All six chargesheeted accused were found to be actively involved in the criminal conspiracy related to the bomb blast which took place at Village Naruabila December 2, 2022.
The NIA, which had taken over the investigation from the state police on June 4, 2023, has chargesheeted the accused under various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and ES Act.
"The chargesheet filed before NIA Special Court in Calcutta has exposed the criminal conspiracy involving supply of explosives for making bombs to spread terror and violence in the region," said the NIA.
