Kolkata, Oct. 4 -- Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has condemned the alleged assault on newly elected West Bengal Bar Council member and lawyer Shamim Ahmed in the Salboni police station area of West Midnapore, accusing the BJP of attempting to create a climate of fear and establish a "jungle raj" in the state.
Banerjee, in a post on X, alleged that Ahmed was subjected to severe physical assault and subsequently pressured to alter the original complaint.
She claimed that it was only after the urgent intervention of the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court that the lawyer was able to return home safely.
Referring to alleged incidents of attacks on lawyers at Bankshall Court and the Baruipur court in recent times, Ban...