India, May 31 -- Five persons were arrested, and two were detained by the West Bengal police for allegedly heckling and manhandling TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee in South 24 Parganas' Sonarpur on Saturday afternoon, with BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar alleging that the accused are Trinamool Congress workers and known to be close to party leader Lovely Maitra.

A police officer said that seven persons were detained on the basis of security camera and news footage of the mob attack on the TMC national general secretary, HT reported earlier. Five of them were arrested after questioning.

Abhishek Banerjee sustained minor injuries after he was attacked with stones and eggs in Sonarpur, where he had gone to meet the families of post-poll violence vict...