Union minister Babul Supriyo attacked in Asansol

Union Minister Babul Supriyo was on Tuesday attacked with bricks allegedly by Trinamool Congress activists when he was on his way to a police station to stage a protest against the arrest of some BJP workers.

“I was going to the police station to secure release of some of my partymen. I was hit with bricks and windowpanes of my car were damaged by TMC workers,” Supriyo, Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, alleged.

“They also showed black flags. I don’t know why the police allowed the mob to come near my car,” he said.