Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 6 (HBTV): In a rerun of the attack on a raiding team of the Directorate of Enforcement at Sandeshkhali in the North 24 Parganas district, some officers of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was allegedly heckled in Purba Medinipur district on Saturday while carrying out a probe in connection with a blast case. 

As was widely reported earlier, a team of Enforcement Directorate officers were surrounded, heckled, and attacked by protesters in Sandeshkhali. They were attacked while raiding the residence of expelled and jailed Trinamool Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan and another ruling party leader in connection with an alleged food scam.       

According to sources in the elite anti-terror probe agency, an NIA team visiting Puba Medinipur in connection with an ongoing investigation into the blast case came under attack on Saturday.  

Sources said the vehicle in which the NIA officers were travelling was allegedly vandalized while a person was being picked up in connection with the case. 

In a video of the alleged 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.      

The villagers also pelted the vehicle with stones, sources added.

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