Indignant residents of Halisahar in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district hurled footwear, mud and stones at Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and former chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s automotive on Sunday afternoon when she went to fulfill the household of a TMC employee who died in police custody on Saturday.
Banerjee remained unharmed as she didn’t go away the automotive when the incident occurred.
The agitators, who didn’t carry any occasion flag and claimed to be native residents, mentioned they acquired indignant as a result of Banerjee had by no means visited that space whereas in energy. Slogans akin to “return” and “thief” have been raised.
Banerjee focused the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP), and mentioned, “We might have died if any of the stones had hit us. This was deliberate by the BJP because it didn’t need me to speak to the household of our occasion employee.”
Mobs had earlier hurled eggs and verbally abused a number of prime TMC leaders, together with Abhishek Banerjee and Mahua Mitra, for the reason that occasion’s defeat within the meeting polls in Might, this was the primary time Mamata Banerjee confronted such a state of affairs.
TMC Lok Sabha member Kalyan Banerjee accused the state administration for permitting BJP staff to hurl footwear and dust at a former chief minister’s automotive.
“This was a conspiracy to homicide Mamata Banerjee. One in all our staff was killed by police in custody and right now Mamata Banerjee was attacked. The director common of police should resign instantly,” Kalyan Banerjee mentioned.
BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya condemned the incident saying staff of his occasion weren’t concerned.
“The best way they (TMC leaders) are saying that there was an try to kill a [former] chief minister it appears they haven’t gotten over the hangover of energy. This was mass outrage. Our occasion staff weren’t concerned within the incident however we condemn such gross misconduct. Mamata Banerjee is a former chief minister. Individuals can present black flags and shout slogans however no one can deal with her like this. This isn’t Bengal’s tradition,” Bhattacharya mentioned.
City growth minister Agnimitra Paul mentioned, “If anybody thinks that he has achieved an excellent job within the identify of the BJP, then he’s unsuitable. He will likely be punished. How can a girl, who’s a former chief minister, be handled on this method? We condemn it.”
A political row erupted on Saturday after a neighborhood Halisahar TMC chief died in police custody. His arrest was based mostly on an August 1 criticism by a girl.
The sufferer, Birju Keot, was the husband of Jenny Sharma Keot, a former councilor of the TMC-led Kanchrapara municipality.
“My husband was arrested on Friday and brought to Halisahar police station. Throughout the day he was taken to a hospital for a compulsory medical checkup and introduced again to the police station within the night. I met him round 9pm to provide him some garments. He was match at the moment,” Jenny Sharma Keot mentioned.
“He was crushed up contained in the police station later at night time. The physique bore harm marks on the hand, again and legs. Blood had oozed out of his ears,” she mentioned.
The native police mentioned Birju Keot was booked beneath numerous sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Indian Arms Act and was charged with dishonest, assaulting and outraging the modesty of a girl.
“He fell sick on Saturday morning and was rushed to the JNM Hospital at Kalyani in Nadia district the place the docs declared him lifeless. An enquiry by a judicial Justice of the Peace has been ordered,” a senior Barrackpore metropolis police officer mentioned.
