The TMC accused the BJP of engineering the NIA’s move. The central probe agency asked the eight to appear before its officers at 11 am on Saturday, after they skipped the earlier summons that directed them to visit the NIA office at New Town near here on March 28.

On December 3, 2022, an explosion ripped apart a house with a thatched roof in Bhupatinagar, killing three persons.

TMC leader Kunal Ghosh on Friday alleged that the opposition BJP is behind the move.

The BJP has provided a list of TMC leaders of Purba Medinipur district to the NIA, which is planning to arrest them on Saturday, Ghosh claimed.