BJP Worker Attacked In Kolkata, Party Blames Trinamool Congress

A BJP worker in Kolkata alleged she was attacked with sharp weapons by several men from the ruling Trinamool Congress today. 

Saraswati Sarkar, the president of the BJP Mahila Mandals unit in south Kolkata's Kasba was reportedly putting up election posters with other party workers when she was allegedly attacked, she said.

Visuals from the spot showed Ms Sarkar holding her head and crying in pain as blood streamed down her face.

The local BJP led by the party's South Kolkata Lok Sabha candidate Debashree Chowdhury protested in front of the police station in Anandapur, demanding the immediate arrest of those behind the attack.

Speaking to NDTV, BJP spokesperson Dr Shotorupa said, "The incident happened in Kasba, outside a very upscale highrise. It is not a downmarket area at all. A group of men were following our cars. As Saraswati Sarkar's car went a little ahead, the car behind her with 11 karyakartas was stopped, they were pulled out of the vehicle and attacked. When Saraswati saw this, she ran to help them when these men attacked her with a chopper. She was lucky the chopper didn't do much damage.  She has had five stitches. 

"Even as she was bled, she walked some 50-60 metres to the Anandapur police station where the cops refused to register an FIR. But they were finally pressured into filing one after the other karyakartas insisted. Even then they refused to file the larger charges of attempt to murder," she said.

However, the Trinamool Congress denied any links with the attack and said it could be a local issue.

The police have registered a case and are probing the incident.