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Birbhum blast case: 10 years imprisonment for 3 TMC leaders

An NIA Court has sentenced 10 years imprisonment for TMC leader and his two sons in a blast case and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 for a case which took place in September 2019 in Gangpur village under Lokepur police station of Birbhum district.

Birbhum blast case: 10 years imprisonment for 3 TMC leaders

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An NIA Court has sentenced 10 years imprisonment for TMC leader and his two sons in a blast case and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 for a case which took place in September 2019 in Gangpur village under Lokepur police station of Birbhum district.

Babloo Mondal, is known as a local Trinamul Congress leader and fled after the explosives blast at the rooftop of his house, six years ago. At that time, nobody was present in that house.

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Lokepur Police started an investigation and had arrested Babloo Mondal and his two sons, Niranjan Mondal and Mrityunjoy Mondal. All three managed to get bail after a few years. Later, the Calcutta High Court had directed NIA investigations in this case.

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Justice Subhendu Saha, the NIA Court judge found the three guilty under the Explosives Substance Act and ordered rigorous imprisonment for 10 years.

The NIA has submitted a charge sheet against them in court and 28 out of 54 witnesses appeared before the NIA Court. They have been found guilty under the Section 3 and 5 of Indian Explosives Act by the NIA court.

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