Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Former Trinamool MLA Questioned In Open Air Outside Bhangar Station
Saokat Molla is a former politician from the Trinamool Congress.
He was taken outside a police station in Bhangar for questioning.
A senior police officer, Shib Prasad Patra, asked him questions for about an hour.
Molla is being held by Kolkata Police in a case about alleged robbery and damage to shops.
He had also been arrested by the National Investigation Agency in connection with an explosion.
That explosion in Dakshin Bamunia village killed one person.
The police did not say why the questioning happened outside.
Retired police officers said questioning someone in an open place could create safety problems.
Molla was taken back inside the station afterward.
Former Trinamool Congress MLA Saokat Molla was questioned outside Bhangar police station on Tuesday.
Deputy commissioner Shib Prasad Patra conducted the roughly hour-long interrogation.
Molla is in Kolkata Police custody for five days in a case involving alleged robbery and shop damage.
The National Investigation Agency arrested Molla over his alleged involvement in a Bhangar explosion that killed one person.
Retired police officers warned that questioning him publicly posed security risks, while police did not explain the decision.
- Who
- Former Trinamool Congress MLA Saokat Molla was questioned by deputy commissioner Shib Prasad Patra.
- What
- Molla underwent about an hour of questioning in an open space outside Bhangar police station.
- When
- Tuesday afternoon; the article does not provide an exact date.
- Where
- Outside Bhangar police station in Bhangar, West Bengal.
- Why
- He was questioned in connection with a case alleging robbery and damage to marketplace shops; he also faces an NIA case linked to an explosion.
Police action
Security concerns
Open-air questioning
Police action
Police conducted the questioning outside Bhangar station, but the deputy commissioner did not respond to requests for an explanation.
Security concerns
Retired police officers said questioning a person in custody in an open space creates substantial security risks for both the accused and the agency.
- Person questioned
- Saokat Molla, a former Trinamool Congress MLA
- Questioning location
- An open space outside Bhangar police station
- Questioning officer
- Deputy commissioner Shib Prasad Patra
- Questioning duration
- Approximately one hour
- Current custody
- Five days of Kolkata Police custody
- Kolkata Police case
- Alleged robbery and damage to shops in a marketplace
- NIA case
- Alleged involvement in an explosion in Dakshin Bamunia village that killed one person