Kolkata: The Deputy Speaker of West Bengal Assembly and Trinamool leader Sonali Guha caught on tape threatening and manhandling residents of an apartment in Howrah.
This incident happened in the Golabari PS area of Howrah early on Thursday morning. The CCTV footage reveals that Guha called herself "the chief minister" and "the government" while threatening residents. Guha was accompanied by several Trinamool Congress activists and policemen when she raided the apartment in her government vehicle flashing beacon lights.
Guha threatened the president of building's residents' association of evicting him from his flat and locking it up over a non-functional elevator of the building. The 62-year victim, Dr Nagendra Rai, alleges he was also physically assaulted by the Trinamool supporters in the presence of policemen.
Guha, an outsider to the building, allegedly raided the house on behalf of a resident party worker and wanted a 24-hour access to the elevator which remains shut at night as per an association resolution. Guha reportedly also threatened the victim of dire consequences if he filed a police complaint.
The victim has filed a complaint against Guha and 8 other TMC workers. Guha is a three-time MLA from Satgachhia seat in South 24 Parganas which was earlier a CPI-M stronghold and served as the cradle of Left patriarch Jyoti Basu who had won that seat five times in a row from 1977 to 1996.
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