Kolkata, June 30 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Sakir Ali, Trinamool Congress councillor of Ward No. 4 of the Rishra Municipality and husband of former Trinamool MP Aparoopa Poddar, in connection with the violence that erupted during a Ram Navami procession in Hooghly's Rishra in 2023.
He is scheduled to be produced before a court on Tuesday.
Earlier on Tuesday morning, NIA officials carried out a search operation at the Rishra residence of former Arambagh MP Aparupa Poddar alias Afrin Ali, as part of the ongoing probe into the communal violence that shook the area in April 2023.
According to agency sources, investigators have obtained video footage related to the incident and examined CCTV material earlier colle...