2009 CPI(M) leader murder case: TMC’s Chhatradhar Mahato arrested, sent to two-day NIA custody

Kolkata (West Bengal): All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Chhatradhar Mahato was on Sunday sent to two-day NIA custody in connection with the 2009 murder case of CPI (M) leader Prabir Mahato.

Mahato was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) earlier in the day and was produced before Kolkata’s Bankshall Court. This happened a day after the first phase of assembly elections concluded in West Bengal.

#UPDATE | A court in Kolkata sends TMC leader Chhatradhar Mahato to two-day NIA custody in connection with the 2009 murder case of CPI (M) leader Prabir Mahato. https://t.co/tuyWnFcckL

— ANI (@ANI) March 28, 2021

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