Mamata's Bengal and Malda district :::: SIR row -- Seven judicial officers "gheraoed" inside BDO office at Kaliachak-II ::::: "In English bazar, over 500 residents of Amrity erected a bamboo barricade"

Seven judicial officers remained physically confined inside the BDO office at Kaliachak-II till mid-night. 

The Malda district has a 52 per cent Muslim population.

Update: All judicial officers have been evacuated. 

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A communication from those on the ground paints a grim picture 

Following instructions from the District Judge, the officers stayed together and avoided individual movement to minimise risk. However, the situation continued to deteriorate.  

Demonstrators blocked national and state highways and key rural roads in parts of Malda with a significant Muslim population on Wednesday to protest the 'large-scale deletion' of names from the voter list. 

People block the Mothabari-Kaliachak state highway

(In South 24-Parganas, residents of Brickfield in Hasnabad block, which is part of the Hingalganj Assembly constituency, staged a road blockade after 142 voters found their names deleted.

Kodalia residents under the Basirhat South Assembly seat also blocked the Taki Road after nearly 500 voters suffered the same fate.)

In Englishbazar, over 500 residents of Amrity gram panchayat erected a bamboo barricade on the Malda-Manikchak state highway around 9.30am, disrupting traffic till late afternoon. A protest at Chandipur blocked the road connecting Malda town and Sattari for nearly two hours.

Sujapur saw around 1,000 residents blocking NH12. Carrying the Tricolour, they demanded inclusion of their names in the voter list.

Two journalists, including Somak Lahiri of ABP Ananda, were allegedly assaulted by protesters.

Sabina Yeasmin, the Trinamool candidate from Sujapur, met protesters at the Kaliachak-I block office.

Similar protests were staged along NH12 in Baishnabanagar, and Mothabari and Manikchak. 

"Unprecedented developments in West Bengal," says BJP leader Amit Malviya. 

"There was an urgent need for immediate intervention by the district and police administration. Adequate security reinforcements had to be deployed to ensure the safe evacuation of all officers. Law and order cannot be allowed to collapse like this," he said.