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Mamata’s party files police complaint over alleged ‘knife attack attempt’ on former CM near her home

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Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File. — Photo credit: The Hindu

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File. | Photo Credit: ANI

A woman tried to attack former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee outside her residence in Kalighat on Tuesday (October 13, 2026), leaders of the Mamata All India Trinamool Congress said and filed a police complaint.

Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen, who sent an e -mail to the Officer-in-Charge of Kalighat Police Station, claimed that the woman who tried to attack was “reportedly a civic police volunteer and a drug addict presently [and] came up with a violent mode and attacked Mamata Banerjee with a knife”.

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The complaint said that the “woman was hurling abusing language in an intoxicated manner” and even lied down on the road. Mr. Sen in her complaint said that it was concerning that the attacker could approach a Z-plus category security protectee and raised questions about larger conspiracy. There were no reports of any injuries to the former Chief Minister.

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