Kolkata, July 1 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Md Shakir Ali, the husband of the party's former Lok Sabha member Aparupa Poddar, in connection with the 2023 communal violence during Ram Navami celebrations in Hooghly district's Rishra town, police said, adding Poddar was also booked for assaulting a public servant and obstructing an officer from performing duty during Ali's arrest. Ali is the councillor for Ward 4 at Rishra municipality while Poddar was the MP from the district's Arambagh seat during the incident into which the Calcutta High Court ordered the NIA probe in 2023. Poddar was not fielded by TMC in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The TMC leader was arrested from his r...