NIA conducted nationwide searches in a case related to an online terror radicalisation conspiracy aimed at establishing an Islamic state in India through violent jihad.

The action has been taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The central probe agency has alleged that large-scale suspicious financial transactions were carried out from party funds.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee slapped a TMC worker outside her Kalighat residence after a youth rally turned violent in Kolkata. The protest over the Baruipur case led to clashes, 41 injured. TMC blamed BJP for disruption.