Hyderabad, Feb. 27 -- A year after violence broke out in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district on the occassion of Ram Navmi, NIA has arrested 16 Muslims for their alleged involvement in the violence.

The Central agency has pressed charges of 'conspiring and carrying out communal attack' against the arrested men.

In a press statement issued on Monday, February 26, NIA said the arrests were made on the basis of video evidence against the accused showing their involvement in the violence that broke out on March 30, 2023.

The arrested accused have been identified as Afroj Alam, Mohammad Ashraf, Mohammad Imtiaz Alam, Irfan Alam, Kaiser, Mohammad Farid Alam, Mohammad Furkan Alam, Mohammad Pappu, Mohammad Suleman, Mohammad Sarjan, Mohammad N...