Saokat Molla

Controversy Prior to 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election a song became viral Saokat toh Mach Chor (Saokat is fish thief) in social media. Molla alleged that the song was created by Indian Secular Front which is utterly malicious and ugly, he told the media that he will move for legal action against such humiliating political campaign.

Arrest by the NIA On June 5, 2026, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Saokat Molla from a hideout in Kamalgazi, near Kolkata, naming him a key conspirator in the Bhangar blast case. The federal agency had taken over the probe into the March 19, 2026, explosion in South 24 Parganas, which killed one person and injured three others while crude bombs were allegedly being manufactured ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections. After conducting extensive search operations across multiple properties linked to Molla and declaring him an absconder, the NIA apprehended him amid tracking indicators that he was attempting to evade arrest and potentially cross the border into Bangladesh. According to the NIA, the former Canning Purba legislator not only directed the manufacture of the explosives but also instructed co-conspirators to tamper with and destroy evidence at the scene of the explosion.