The Superintendent of Police (Purba Medinipur) Soumyadip Bhattacharya has made it clear that the NIA team first came to the Bhupatinagar police station while Mamata Banerjee alleged that the central agency officials did not bother to inform the local police.
While speaking about the matter to ABP Ananda, BJP spokesperson Dhruba Saha said, "It is true that every village of West Bengal has now become Sandeshkhali."
In a video of the incident that was widely shared on social media, locals were purportedly seen gathering around a vehicle, trying to stop the NIA team from taking the suspect along with them.