Statesman News Service
MALDA, March 25: Vigilance has been stepped up to curb extremist activities in all eleven police stations in Malda district before parliamentary elections, police said.
Malda police are conducting intensive raids in vulnerable areas every night based on intelligence reports, and are sending daily law and order reports to police directorate following instructions from the Election Commission.
Acting on a tip off, police arrested one Mr Pradip Roy from Soneghat village, close to the Bangladesh border, under Bamongola police station . They also seized a grenade from his possession.
Police produced him at Malda court and sought police remand for 14 days in order to interrogate him further.
After a thorough interrogation, Bamongola police station did not discover any evidence connecting the KPP or KLO with Mr Pradip Roy.
Police are endeavouring to find out how Mr Roy obtained the grenade.
Student dead
MALDA, March 25: A Madhyamik examinee, Badal Agarwal, died in Malda District Hospital last night. Badal, a student of Siddeshwari High School in Chanchal, was playing cricket after the Work Education exams yesterday when he fell and injured his head. He was later admitted to the local hospital. The doctors referred him to Malda District Hospital after his condition grew serious. According to doctors, he died of internal haemorrhage. n SNS
Ransacked
MALDA, March 25: A group of traders ransacked the office of the legal metrology department in English Bazaar town today. Traders wanting their equipment renewed turned violent when the office staff refused to renew their equipment today. According to traders, the legal metrology officials harass them by delaying renewal and demanding “extra fees”. The district magistrate has intervened after the incident. n SNS
Two injured
MALDA, March 25: A BJP leader, Mr Ranbir Singh, and a student, Mr Pranab Ray - both residents of Rajmahal in Jharkhand - were injured in a clash today in which bombs were used. They have been admitted to Malda District Hospital. n SNS
Lost & found
MALDA, March 25: A rickshaw puller found a blank marks foil for a Physics Madhyamik examination in Manikchak yesterday and handed it to police. The education officials discovered that a teacher of Manikchak High School had lost the marks foil. Police today asked the teacher to bring written permission from the DI to recover the ‘confidential’ papers. The DI will seek clarification from the teacher tomorrow. n SNS
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