India, Oct. 14 -- A complaint was filed with the police alleging that a woman carrying a knife attempted to approach former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in a threatening manner when she was going to inaugurate a Durga Puja near her residence in the city's Kalighat area.

The accused woman was detained, a senior police officer said. In the complaint, Mamata AITC leader Dola Sen alleged that the incident took place around 6 pm on Tuesday when Banerjee visited the Milan Sangha Puja pandal in her neighbourhood.

The complaint named the woman and alleged that she was known in the locality as a civic volunteer and a drug addict. "She was hurling abuses and, in an intoxicated manner, tried to violently approach Mamata Banerjee," Se...