Mamata's nephew arrested for slapping cop

Kolkata: Trouble doesn’t seem to be ending for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. A man identified as Akash Banerjee, who claims to be  Mamata’s nephew, has been arrested for allegedly slapping a traffic police constable.

Though the police refused to confirm whether Akash Banerjee was really the nephew of the chief minister as claimed, eyewitnesses said that the man shouted at the police saying he is the chief minister’s nephew when his car was stopped for violating traffic rules. “When the man was stopped by the traffic police, he said, “Do you know who I am? I am the CM’s nephew”, said the eyewitness.

Police sources said that the man hurled abuses at the police sergeant who intercepted the car for violating traffic rules near the Vidyasagar setu.

The traffic guard posted at the Vidyasagar setu said that the main accused slapped the traffic sergeant and jostled with constables who rushed in.

‘‘The man was shouting and hurling abuses at the police,’’ the sources said.

He was arrested along with two of his friends travelling in the car on the charge of rash driving and and slapping a traffic sergeant.

Meanwhile media reports say that the TMC brushed aside the incident, saying it was “normal”.

With inputs from PTI