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The West Bengal Police connected Sunday (May 31, 2026) person arrested 5 persons successful transportation with the attack connected Trinamool Congress person Abhishek Banerjee. According to police, the arrests travel aft a suo motu FIR was registered by Sonarpur Police Station arsenic nary ceremonial ailment has been registered by the Trinamool leader. A fewer others person been detained successful transportation with the attack. These arrests and detentions person travel aft examining the footage of the onslaught connected the MP.
Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee has alleged that the hospitals were pressurized by constabulary not to admit her nephew. After a mob attacked him astatine Sonarpur, the Trinamool Congress wide caput was taken to 2 backstage hospitals successful Kolkata and some the institutions refused admittance to him connected grounds that the injuries were not superior successful nature.
“The astir disturbing facet of today’s developments is the allegation that unit was exerted connected doctors and infirmary authorities regarding the attraction of an injured patient. Doctors recommended tests, scans, and reflection based connected aesculapian necessity. Decisions regarding admission, discharge, and attraction should beryllium made solely by aesculapian professionals and not by immoderate governmental authority,” the erstwhile Chief Minister told media persons connected Saturday (May 30, 2026) night.
Ms. Banerjee added that it was “not mean for a diligent who has suffered injuries and undergone aesculapian valuation to look uncertainty regarding attraction and hospitalisation”.
In immoderate videos shared connected societal media, Ms. Banerjee tin beryllium heard speaking to the CEO of a backstage infirmary successful an aggravated tone. The Trinamool Congress chairperson said that Congress person Rahul Gandhi offered that Abhishek Banerjee tin beryllium treated astatine a infirmary successful Hyderabad.
The Trinamool Congress chairperson that erstwhile she was successful power, she ne'er allowed governmental opponents to beryllium physically targeted successful this manner.
“Differences existed, governmental battles existed, but immoderate limits were respected. Ultimately, the radical volition answer. Today’s events are not the last chapter. Governments travel and go, but antiauthoritarian values indispensable stay intact,” Ms. Banerjee said.
Since May 4, 2026 erstwhile the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to powerfulness successful West Bengal, determination has been instances of section and ward level leaders of Trinamool Congress being assaulted by the public. The onslaught connected the Trinamool wide caput came erstwhile helium was visiting the residence of Trinamool Congress idiosyncratic Sanju Pramanik, killed allegedly successful station canvass violence. Both Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee person held the BJP liable for the attack.
The BJP leaders person described the onslaught arsenic a reflection of nationalist choler towards Trinamool Congress leaders
“What happened to Abhishek Banerjee should not person happened. No 1 has the close to instrumentality the instrumentality into their ain hands,” BJP person and West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh told reporters. However, helium said radical successful West Bengal had endured “harassment” nether the TMC authorities implicit the past 15 years, adding that “the choler wrong the nationalist has to amusement up somewhere”.
