Highlighting the incident of the gherao of judicial officers in West Bengal’s Malda district, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (April 5, 2026) said the incident was a reflection of “Trinamool Congress-sponsored maha jungle raj”.
Mr. Modi said the Trinamool government does not consider any constitutional institution to be of any significance and the incident at Malda was a reflection of that.
“The law-abiding citizens are shocked, how judicial officials were held hostage in Malda. What kind of a government it this that even judges are not safe. How can you expect safety of common people from such a government... The situation is so bad that the highest court of the country had to intervene,” Mr. Modi said while addressing a public meeting in Cooch Behar.
Seven judicial officers, who were engaged in adjudication process of the Special Intensive Revision, were gheraoed by a mob at Mothabari in Malda on April 1.
They were later rescued by the police after several hours. Thirty-five persons have been arrested in connection with the incident and National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken up investigation of the case.
