New Delhi, June 2 -- A total of 31 accused have been named in chargesheets filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in four separate cases in the Malda Special Intensive Revision (SIR) related road blockades and illegal detention of judicial officers.

The chargesheets have been filed before the NIA Special Court, Kolkata (West Bengal) based on various digital/technical, documentary and oral evidence, as well as examination of several witnesses to the incidents that rocked the region ahead of the state assembly polls in April.

The accused have been charged under respective relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, National Highways Act, 1956, and West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order (WBMPO) Act, 1972.

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