Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee escapes unhurt in accident

KOLKATA - West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s escaped unhurt in an accident on Thursday after the police pushed a person who drove his two-wheeler into Bhattacharjee’s convoy.

Bhattacharjee was heading towards the state secretariat from his 59A Palm Avenue residence in the southern part of Kolkata.

The person is being interrogated at the Park Street police station. His motorbike has also been seized.

The police has ruled out the possibility of an attack on the Chief Minister.

A senior police officer accepted a breach in the Chief Minister’s security cover was a lapse, and therefore, the entire security system is being reviewed. (ANI)