On Monday, the Supreme Court of India reprimanded West Bengal Chief Secretary Dushyant Nariala for not receiving calls from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court regarding an incident in Malda district, where seven judicial officers were attacked on April 1. The court expressed concerns over the credibility of the West Bengal bureaucracy and ordered the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to interrogate 26 individuals arrested in connection with the incident, even if they are in judicial custody. The court's decision followed a report submitted by the NIA, leading to the transfer of the case to the central agency. The bench, comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, highlighted that the incident appeared to be pre-planned. Furthermore, a show-cause notice was issued to the additional district magistrate, Shaikh Ansar Ahmad, for failing to communicate the situation effectively to higher authorities during a critical five-hour period. The political fallout from the incident is significant, with both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Trinamool Congress (TMC) accusing each other of responsibility ahead of the assembly elections.