A special court has granted conditional bail to TMC leader Shakir Ali, husband of former MP Aparupa Poddar, in connection with the 2023 Hooghly Ram Navami rally violence. Ali, a former Rishra municipality councillor, was arrested earlier this week. The court mandated his appearance before the NIA fortnightly and prohibited him from leaving West Bengal without permission until the charge sheet is filed.

Shakir Ali, the councillor from Ward 4 at Rishra municipality, is husband of Aparupa Poddar, the TMC MP from Arambagh from 2014 to 2024. | Kolkata News

NIA arrests TMC councillor Shakir Ali, husband of former MP Aparupa Poddar, in connection with 2023 Ram Navami violence.