Customs staff roughed up

Malda: A team of five Customs officials was roughed up by a group of miscreants and their car ransacked while they were on their way to make a raid in Malda on Wednesday. Two of the officials were even ‘abducted’, but they were released later. A team of Customs officials, led by circle superintendent A B Singh, arrived in Malda from Raiganj to raid a hideout of contrabands. However, when the car reached Sukanto More in English Bazaar around 8.30 am, an armed gang attacked them. Even as onlookers rushed to their rescue, the gang picked up Singh and Anjan Ghosh on a bike and sped away. The abducted officials were later released. Another Customs car was also attacked at Narayanpur. “We have filed a case,” said SP Satyajit Bandyopadhyay.