35 arrested after judicial officers held hostage in West Bengal

After the EC asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to investigate the violence in West Bengal's Malda, 35 people, including Indian Secular Front (ISF) candidates, were arrested. "We have...registered 19 cases so far," the North Bengal ADG said, adding, "The main instigator Mofakkerul Islam has been detained." Seven judicial officers were held hostage by a mob on Wednesday evening.