Eggs, shoes hurled at TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee during visit to post-poll violence victims' families in Bengal

TMC nationalist wide caput Abhishek Banerjee was roughed up connected Saturday (May 30, 2026), allegedly by locals, erstwhile helium visited West Bengal's Sonarpur country to conscionable families of post-poll unit victims, constabulary said.

Stones, shoes and eggs were hurled astatine the TMC MP by unidentified radical who adjacent attempted to rainfall blows and kicks connected him, portion they shouted 'thief' slogans astatine Mr. Banerjee.

He was seen being escorted retired of the country with a constabulary helmet connected and his garment tattered.

"Look what they person done to me. This was pre-planned. There is nary constabulary successful the area. They privation to termination me. I volition not permission this spot till the section constabulary nonstop their unit and connection extortion to the victims' families," Mr. Banerjee said portion gathering the household of a deceased post-poll unit victim.

Bengal CID serves summons to Abhishek successful 'fake signature' probe

Earlier successful the day, the West Bengal CID served a announcement to Mr. Banerjee, asking him to look earlier it successful transportation with a probe into the alleged usage of forged signatures of enactment legislators successful a connection submitted to the Assembly Secretariat endorsing Shobhandeb Chattopadhyay arsenic the Leader of the Opposition.

The announcement — described by CID sources arsenic a summons directing him to look for questioning astatine the agency’s Bhabani Bhavan office astatine noon connected Monday (June 1, 2026) — was served personally to Mr. Banerjee astatine his Kalighat Road residence.

The officers delivered the announcement to the TMC MP, who acknowledged its receipt earlier the CID squad yet near astatine astir 2.50 p.m.

With PTI inputs