A day after Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee was allegedly attacked in Sonapur in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas, another party MP, Kalyan Banerjee, was allegedly heckled in front of a police station in the Hooghly district on Sunday.
A video of the incident showed Kalyan Banerjee walking when a massive crowd is heard chanting "chor, chor, chor" (thief, thief, thief). As Banerjee walks towards them, security personnel are seen trying to control the crowd, when suddenly the TMC MP holds his head with his right hand and slips to the ground, with his mobile phone in his left hand.
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After this, security personnel are seen bringing the crowd under control, as others help Banerjee get off the ground.
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He continues to hold his head as he gets up, walks around three to four steps with security personnel and his supporters surrounding him, when he once again shrinks down to the ground.
{{/usCountry}}He continues to hold his head as he gets up, walks around three to four steps with security personnel and his supporters surrounding him, when he once again shrinks down to the ground.
{{/usCountry}}Banerjee appears to be in pain as his supporters hold him and attend to him amid the sloganeering crowd and police forces.
While Kalyan Banerjee has claimed he suffered head injuries, there is no proof of any actual attack on him. Surrounded by the crowd, he suddenly puts his hand on his head and lies down on the ground.
The TMC MP alleged that he was struck on the head during the protest and sustained an injury. He was reportedly seen holding a piece of cloth to the back of his head. "All this happened in front of the police. I was hit on my head, and I am bleeding," he told reporters, news agency PTI reported. He blamed the supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party for the incident.
A tense situation erupted outside the Chanditala police station during Kalyan Banerjee's visit, as a group of people waved black flags at him, calling the TMC leader and other party delegation "thieves".
Alleged attack on Abhishek Banerjee
On Saturday, Abhishek Banerjee was allegedly heckled by locals when he visited Sonapur to meet the families of post-poll violence victims.
Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee had even claimed that her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, "could have died" in Saturday's attack "if not for his helmet". She also claimed that he had "blood clots around his chest".
Following the alleged attack, the TMC national general secretary was taken to a private hospital as he complained of pain in his neck and back. He was allotted a bed in the Intensive Therapy Unit, with authorities saying that the injuries sustained by him were superficial and did not require admission to the hospital.
"According to preliminary test reports, the injuries sustained by Banerjee are superficial in nature. He doesn't require hospitalisation. However, our doctors are trying to evaluate the injuries more closely, and necessary tests will be conducted. We will come out with a medical bulletin on the patient, if required," a senior official of the hospital was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
The hospital further stated that Abhishek did not have any "serious physical signs of an injury."