The West Bengal Police on Thursday registered a case in connection with the attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram district, PTI reported. The first information report was lodged on a complaint by Trinamool Congress leader Shiekh Sufian.
The case was filed under Indian Penal Code sections 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint) and 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), a senior police officer of the Purba Medinipur district told PTI. “Our investigation is already underway and we are collecting evidence,” the officer said.
Earlier in the day, District Magistrate Vibhu Goel, Superintendent of Police Praween Prakash and other police officers visited the Birulia Bazar area where the chief minister was assaulted. The officials spoke to eyewitnesses, and accessed CCTVs installed in the area to ascertain the sequence of events.
Banerjee was injured while campaigning in Nandigram, where she will take on her former aide and Bharatiya Janata Party leader…