EC concludes injuries sustained by Mamata Banerjee not result of attack: Sources

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 14

The Election Commission on Sunday concluded that the injuries sustained by TMC leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee were not due to any attack, sources said after the poll panel’s meeting in which the reports of its special observers and the state government were reviewed.

Sources aware of the development said Banerjee fell down and sustained injuries on her left leg and waist due to lapse on part of her security in-charge. The Commission will issue directions in this regard, they added.

The sources said Banerjee was not using a bullet proof or an armoured vehicle despite being a star campaigner and it was a lapse on part of those responsible for her security.

There were allegations that she was pushed by unidentified people while she was campaigning in the Nandigram Assembly segment on Wednesday evening after filing her nomination from the constituency.