Malda pillage: Case filed against MPs

Malda: Police have filed cases against Congress leaders — including MPs Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury and Mousam Noor — for allegedly pillaging the donation boxes at Pirana Pir, a religious shrine at Englishbazar on Saturday. “We have lodged a case under sections 143, 341, 186, 353, 323 and 379 IPC R/W 188 IPC against South Malda MP Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury, North Malda MP Mousam Noor and Congress leaders Sahida Noor, Mustaque Alam, Hasan Ali Shah and Asadul Sardar,” said SP Satyajit Bandyopadhyaya. One person, Sannan Sheikh, has been arrested. Abu Hasem has denied the charge. TNN