KOLKATA: A police vehicle transporting Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Vijay Singh, also known as Bhola Singh, was reportedly pelted with eggs outside the Asansol court on Friday. Eyewitnesses stated that individuals in the crowd shouted accusations of 'chor, chor' (thief, thief) at him.
This incident follows a similar event on June 18, when former West Bengal minister and TMC leader Udayan Guha was pelted with eggs by a crowd outside the Dinhata Police Station in Cooch Behar. Guha was being escorted to a prison van for production before a court after his arrest in an alleged extortion case.
According to local reports, eggs were thrown at Guha as he exited the police station. Wearing a helmet, the former minister managed to avoid direct hits to his face, though several eggs struck his body as he walked towards the van. A large crowd had gathered outside the police station hours before his departure, with protesters raising slogans as police personnel formed a security cordon around Guha.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged that its workers in Dinhata had faced years of political violence during Guha's tenure in power. Local BJP leader Jibesh Biswas claimed that opposition activists in the area were subjected to intimidation, attacks, and looting between 2016 and 2026. Guha, son of veteran Forward Bloc leader Kamal Guha, joined the Trinamool Congress in 2016 and later served as a minister in the state government. His arrest is linked to an alleged extortion case related to the construction of a paediatric intensive care unit at the Dinhata Sub-Divisional Hospital.
(With Agency Inputs)
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