Woman Tried To Attack Mamata Banerjee With Knife Near Her House, Claims Party
The Trinamool Congress has alleged that a woman attempted to attack Mamata Banerjee with a knife outside her residence, while police have characterized the incident as a heated altercation. The party has suggested a potential political conspiracy behind the event.
Why it matters
The incident underscores the high-stakes political environment in West Bengal and the sensitivity surrounding the security of high-profile political figures.
A woman tried to attack Mamata Banerjee with a knife as the former West Bengal chief minister stepped out of her house in Kolkata on Tuesday evening, the Mamata All India Trinamool Congress has alleged.The police, however, made no mention of an attack or a sharp object and said the woman has been detained. In her police complaint, party general secretary Dola Sen said the woman, whom she identified as Tannishtha Saha, is a civic volunteer and claimed to be Banerjee's niece. When the Mamata All India Trinamool Congress chief left her house in Kalighat at 6 pm, Saha let loose a volley of obscenities and tried to attack her. Civic volunteers are contractual personnel engaged by the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police to assist with traffic management, crowd control, and public safety duties.The Mamata Banerjee faction of the Trinamool Congress claimed Saha was a drug addict.
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