Trinamool Youth Congress president and Tollywood actor Saayoni Ghosh was arrested — and slapped with attemptto-murder charges, among others — by the Agartala police on Sunday, a day after she tweeted a video, in which she was heard saying “Khela Hobe”, the party’s slogan popularised before the Bengal assembly elections, while passing a rally addressed by Tripura CM Biplab Deb.
Coming days ahead of the November 25 Agartala Municipal Corporation polls, in which TMC is contesting all 51 wards, there were reports of violence against Trinamool workers, allegedly by BJP men, prompting a Trinamool delegation of MPs to seek an appointment with President Ram Nath Kovind and Union home minister Amit Shah, protesting against repeated attacks against them. A Trinamool team left for Delhi on Sunday night.
“During interrogation, we found her involvement with the case registered under Section 153, 153A, 307 and 120B of the IPC. So, we have arrested her. We shall produce her before the court on Monday,” the police said, adding that during interrogation, four more persons were found to be in the same vehicle as Ghosh on Saturday evening and police were trying to arrest them too.
Later on Saturday evening, a video of Ghosh had gone viral in which she was seen loudly shouting ‘Khela hobe (Game on)’ during a street corner meeting being addressed by BJP leader and chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb at Ashram Chowmuhani in Agartala. Following this, a complaint was filed against her at the East Agartala police station.
The Supreme Court recently directed Tripura police to ensure that no political party is prevented from exercising their rights in accordance with the law for campaigning in a peaceful manner.
Police said some unidentified miscreants attacked a group of people who gathered near the police station during the questioning of Ghosh, but also claimed no one was injured. However TMC officials claimed the attackers were affiliated to the ruling BJP and their workers sustained severe injuries.