A senior police officer said on Monday that the man who left the security guards behind when he barged into the premises of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence in the city, told the police that he had done so thinking Kolkata Police Headquarters.
Hafizul Mulla, who is in his early 30s and hails from Hasanabad in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, however, could not clearly explain why he needed to go to Kolkata Police Headquarters at night, he said. . The man on Sunday climbed the boundary wall of Banerjee’s private residence at 34B Harish Chatterjee Street in the city’s Kalighat area at around 1.20 pm and remained there till morning. The security personnel posted there spotted him at around 8 am on Monday and handed him over to the officials of Kalighat police station.
“During preliminary interrogation, the man said that he mistook the CM’s residence as Lalbazar Kolkata Police Headquarters and entered the premises. But when asked why he wanted to go to the police headquarters at that time, he could not give a proper answer. Mulla claimed to be first a fruit vendor and then a “good” driver during the grilling, he said.
Police said he appeared to be “somewhat mentally unstable” judging by the man’s appearance. Before reaching Kalighat, the investigating officers are making a map according to the details of his activities during Sunday.
“We are verifying their claims. Our officers are trying to photograph his activities on Sunday, when and how he reached Kalighat. Also to find out whether he was alone or had someone with him, how he managed to enter the chief minister’s premises without getting caught by the security personnel. Police have booked Mulla under section 458 of IPC and remanded him to police custody till July 11. IPC 458 deals with covert, trespassing or house breaking at night after preparation for injury, assault or wrongful restraint.
Senior administrative officials held a meeting at the state secretariat on Monday and reviewed Banerjee’s security arrangements. The incident created a security scare and questions were raised about how the man had bypassed the Z-plus security cover and allowed Banerjee to enter her private residence complex located in a ‘highly secure’ neighborhood and without anyone. See entered to spend a night there. The police have taken immediate steps to enhance security in and around the Chief Minister’s residence, the official said.
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