Tripura: Abhishek Banerjee booked for obstructing cops from discharging duty

A case has been registered in Tripura against TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee MP Dola Sen West Bengal education minister Bratya Basu and other senior leaders of the party for allegedly obstructing police officers from performing their dutiesKiran Kumar the superintendent of police SP in Khowai district said a suo moto complaint was filed on Tuesday against the TMC leaders who had misbehaved with officers on duty on August 8We booked them on August 10 under Section 186 obstruction of public servants in the discharge of his public function and 36 common intention of the IPC The FIR pertains to their entry into the Khowai police station They will be summoned the SP statedClaiming that the ruling BJP in Tripura was scared of his camps growing popularity TMCs Bengal general secretary Kunal Ghosh who figures in the list of leaders booked by the police told reporters in Kolkata A case has been wrongfully registered against us We went there to stand by our party workers We have the right to arrange for legal defence for our party activists which was denied to them by the Biplab Deb regime in Tripura Seeking democratic rights peacefully cannot be equated with obstructing government servants Ghosh addedAt least 14 leaders and workers of the Trinamool Congress TMC were arrested in Khowai district on Sunday including those injured in an alleged attack by BJP men the day before for flouting COVID normsShortly after Banerjee who is also West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees nephew and the de facto number 2 in the party flew to Agartala from Bengal to meet the apprehended workers in Khowai police station along with other leadersThose arrested were later produced before a local court which granted them bailAccording to the police the 14 TMC members were nabbed for venturing out after the imposition of night curfew at 7 pm in violation of the COVID19 restrictionsIn a video that went viral on social media the TMC national general secretary was seen raising his finger to enquire why his supporters were arrested after having faced assaultsHe returned to Kolkata the same day after his party workers were released on bailThe Diamond Harbour MP taking to Twitter said he was bringing with him to Kolkata the injured party workers who were denied medical attention in TripuraBail granted to all AITCofficial workers who were arrested in Tripura Satyameva Jayate Ill be taking them to Kolkata as they have sustained severe injuries amp were denied medical attention BjpBiplab you can keep trying but all your resources will fall short MARK MY WORDS Banerjee tweeted just before flying out of AgartalaTMC supremo Mamata Banerjee who paid a visit to the injured workers in Kolkatas SSKM hospital further claimed that the arrested activists were not given basic aid and water for several hoursEarlier this month the Diamond Harbour MPs convoy had come under attack during his visit to Tripureshwari temple in Gomati district of the northeastern stateSubal Bhowmik a leader of the party from Tripura whose name also figures in the FIR claimed that activists were being harassed and falsely accused of crimes they did not commitWe didnt obstruct any police officer from performing their job It was only after 48 hours they decided to book us under section 186 These allegations are devoid of truth and the police administration is being misused for political gainsiquest Bhowmik addedUpbeat over its astounding performance in West Bengal assembly polls the TMC recently announced that it would expand its footprint and enter national politics ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha pollsThe party had been trying to gain its foothold in BJPruled Tripura where state elections are scheduled to be held in the first half of 2023Meanwhile BJP MLA and leader of opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari dismissed the TMC supremos allegations that they were denied basic medical aid and water stating that the charges were baseless and she should be getting the highest award for falsehoodHereby refuting baseless allegation of the TMC Supremo that her assets werent even provided a glass of water in Tripura Would request her to accord herself the prestigious MithyaShree Award award for lies Please accept this request amp kindly make us feel obliged Adhikari tweetedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever