‘BJP tried to kill Abhishek,’ claims Mamata Banerjee day after man held for recce outside MP’s home

A day after the Kolkata Police arrested a person for conducting a recce outside the home and office of Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee, party chief Mamata Banerjee claimed there was an attempt by the Bharatiya Janata Party to kill her nephew, reported The Indian Express.

On Monday, an unidentified official told PTI that the Kolkata Police Special Task Force and the detective department arrested a man from Mumbai identified as Rajaram Rege for conducting the recce. The official said Rege had connections with David Headley, who was convicted by a United States court in 2013 for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.

Speaking at an election rally in the Tarapith town of Birbhum on Tuesday, Mamata Banerjee said: “One of the gaddars [traitors] in the BJP said that a bomb would explode. If you have a grudge against me, you can kill me with a bomb. You even tried to kill Abhishek, but we came to know in advance.”

She claimed that the arrested person called her nephew on Facetime, and sought an appointment. “Had Abhishek met him, the man would have shot Abhishek and fled,” said Mamata Banerjee.

The West Bengal chief minister was referring to a statement by Suvendu Adhikari, BJP MLA and Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly, who on…

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