Mamata visits residence of Trinamool worker who died in police custody, faces protests

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the residence of a Trinamool Congress worker who died in police custody on August 9, 2026, in North 24 Parganas. However, her visit was met with protests from locals who threw bricks at her vehicle and accused her of being accompanied by Bharatiya Janata Party supporters.

The police arrested Trinamool Congress MP Birju Keot on allegations of extortion and corruption, who was later pronounced dead in a state-run hospital after being taken to a police lock-up. Banerjee condemned the attack on her vehicle and appealed to the court over the custodial death, stating that the police allowed outsiders to attack her.

This incident follows a series of arrests and attacks on party workers since the defeat of the Trinamool Congress in the recent West Bengal Assembly polls.

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