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Two persons were arrested connected Tuesday greeting (June 16, 2026), allegedly for throwing eggs astatine Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh extracurricular enactment supremo Mamata Banerjee’s residence here, a elder constabulary serviceman said.
Chandan Singh and Ravi Koyal were arrested pursuing a ailment lodged by Mr. Ghosh precocious connected Monday evening (June 15, 2026).
“An FIR was registered immediately. One accused was detained successful the night, and based connected accusation gathered during his interrogation, the 2nd accused was arrested connected Tuesday morning,” a elder constabulary serviceman said.
The incidental took spot connected Monday evening (June 15, 2026), erstwhile Mr. Ghosh was coming retired of the enactment bureau aft a gathering with Ms. Banerjee. Though Mr. Ghosh tried to dodge the eggs, 1 struck him connected the head.
The constabulary serviceman said that they were examining CCTV footage and different grounds related to the incidental and person not ruled retired further arrests. “Investigators were examining the motive down the attack,” helium added.
Reacting to the arrests, Mr. Ghosh said helium was acrophobic that the accused mightiness unafraid bail rapidly if lone insignificant charges were invoked.
“It is simply a substance of interest that the constabulary whitethorn let them to get bail by invoking insignificant charges. I besides privation a probe into the allegation that a idiosyncratic who had acted arsenic a witnesser during the CID hunt astatine Mamata Banerjee’s residence aboriginal carried retired an onslaught extracurricular the aforesaid residence,” the TMC MLA said successful a societal media post.
Soon aft the incidental connected Monday (June 16, 2026), Mr. Singh had told reporters that helium hurled the ovum due to the fact that helium believed Mr. Ghosh had wronged galore people.
Asked astir the allegation, Mr. Ghosh had rejected the charge.
“Who has oppressed people? Have I done it? Has Mamata Banerjee done it? If immoderate enactment was taken, it was done by the constabulary and administration. Why should I beryllium held liable for that?” helium posed.
The onslaught comes amid a bid of akin incidents successful antithetic parts of West Bengal successful caller weeks aft the debacle of the TMC successful the precocious concluded Assembly elections successful the state.
Abhishek Banerjee and respective TMC leaders, including MLAs, civic assemblage chairpersons and councillors, person faced akin protests by agitated people.
