Aam Janata Unnayan Party founder Humayun Kabir on Saturday termed the arrest of a former candidate of his ally AIMIM for the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda “unjust and politically motivated”. He claimed that the police had in fact arrested the person who “helped in restoring peace in the area”.

Mofakkarul Islam, the alleged master-mind of the gherao in Malda district, was arrested on Friday. PICS/PTI