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.
Earlier reporting noted: Knife in hand, woman claiming to be Mamata Banerjee’s niece allegedly tries to enter security cordon A woman who claimed to be a niece of former chief minister Mamata Banerjee allegedly tried to enter her security cordon with a knife in an intoxicated state on Tuesday evening, the Mamata All India Trinamool Congress claimed. The Mamata Banerjee faction of the Trinamool Congress claimed Saha was a drug addict. It questioned how someone could approach the residence of a Z-plus protectee and hinted at a conspiracy. “She was hurling abusive languages (sic) and in an intoxicated manner tried to violently approach Smt. “An incident occurred at the residence of the former chief minister when she was exiting the residence. One Anusua Saha confronted her, leading to a heated altercation. The woman was subsequently detained by the police personnel on duty. Meanwhile, a complaint was lodged by TMC members. I refused to let her in. She then tried to sneak into the security cordon from the front. When she failed, she lay down on the road and started hurling abuses.
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.
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. Mamata Banerjee and even lied down (sic) on the road to hurt the Hon’ble 8th Chief Minister of West Bengal,” Sen said in her complaint. Hours later, the police identified the woman as 38-year-old Anusua Saha, termed the incident an “altercation”, and said she has been detained. Necessary action is being taken as per law,” the police said in a statement. Earlier reporting noted: “When I asked her identity, she said that Banerjee was her paternal aunt. It was then that we saw that she had a knife,” Sen said. Earlier reporting noted: A TMC leader said that the woman was overpowered by TMC workers around Banerjee and later handed over to the police.
