Didi-Loyalists Claim Knife Attack Bid on Her by Woman at Doorstep
Accompanied by Banerjee's security personnel, they caught the attacker, foiled her bid and handed over her to the police, they claimed. The ex-CM, who escaped unhurt, was later seen inaugurating the pandal of the Kalighat Milan Sangha.
Kolkata: West Bengal former chief minister Mamata Banerjee's loyalists alleged on Tuesday that a woman attacked her with a knife when she stepped out of her residence at Harish Chatterjee Street in Kalighat in the evening to inaugurate a Durga Puja pandal nearby.
Accompanied by Banerjee's security personnel, they caught the attacker, foiled her bid and handed over her to the police, they claimed. The ex-CM, who escaped unhurt, was later seen inaugurating the pandal of the Kalighat Milan Sangha.
Trinamul Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen lodged a complaint with Kalighat police station at around 7 pm. She claimed, “...at about 06:00 PM today, a lady namely Tannishtha Saha reportedly known as Civic Volunteer and a drug addict presently came with a violent mode and attacked Smt. Mamata Banerjee with a knife and furthermore claimed herself as her niece (sic).”
Sen added, “She was hurling abusive languages and in an intoxicated manner tried to violently approach Smt. Mamata Banerjee and even lied down on the road to hurt the Hon'ble 8th Chief Minister of West Bengal. It is concerning that someone like the attacker could approach in the gates of the residence of a Z plus category security protectee raising questions in the larger conspiracy (sic).”
She asked the police to record this as information under Section 173 of the BNSS and take cognisance of the photographs and videos enclosed as reference with the complaint.
Durgapur TMC MP Kirti Azad blamed the BJP for the attack on Banerjee. He posted on his X handle: “There is no rule of law in West Bengal. Our leader, one and only one in West Bengal was brutally attacked, luckily the workers of @AITCofficial who were alert and prevented this dastardly act sponsored by BJP Goons. It is going to be proven very soon that the assembly elections in Bengal were a farce. Engineered by “Gyanu the thief”.”
