Kolkata: The Kolkata Police detective department has taken over the investigation into the clashes and alleged mob attack on Abhishek Banerjee’s Kalighat house. Heavy security was deployed on Tuesday as officers brought the three TMC supporters arrested so far to the spot to recreate the sequence of events.“Reconstruction of the crime scene at 121 Kalighat Road was conducted on Tuesday by bringing all three accused arrested under the four separate FIRs to the spot,” said Additional CP (Crime) Kunal Aggarwal. Police have so far arrested Mohammad Tauqir Alam, Mohammad Irshad and Srideep Das.“They were questioned at the spot and asked to recreate the sequence of events,” said a senior officer of Kolkata Police.Meanwhile, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari launched a sharp attack on Tuesday against Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee and former CM Mamata Banerjee over the tension and chaos that erupted on the streets of Kalighat on Friday night, alleging that hooliganism had been rampant in the area for a long time, forcing Patuapara’s idol-makers to struggle to sell their wares.Without explicitly naming Mamata or Abhishek, the CM said that some netas appeared to believe that the state was still being governed by them and that they could continue their acts of intimidation with impunity.“They perhaps thought that the old regime was still in office. They have been indulging in hooliganism for so long and assumed they could continue doing the same. But such lawlessness will no longer be tolerated,” Suvendu said.He added that the senior Trinamool were now unable to venture out of their localities, asserting that there was no place for “criminals and goons” in the state while warning that anyone causing inconvenience to ordinary people would not be spared.Countering the allegations, Abhishek claimed that the individual who slapped a police officer was a BJP supporter. The MP posted on X: “Guess why Kolkata Police is still unable to arrest the goon accused of slapping one of its own officers in plain clothes? His name is Ratikanta Behuria. Who is protecting him? What makes him so untouchable? Why is he still roaming free? And where is the much-publicised ‘encounter model’ now? Wasn’t it supposed to apply when a police officer is physically assaulted? Or do the rules suddenly change depending on political connections?”
