Bid to kill me in encounter, alleges BJP MP Arjun Singh

BJP Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh on Friday alleged that there was an attempt to elimintae him , his wife and son Pawan Singh, the Bhatpara MLA, in a police encounter. Singh tweeted a video on Friday of police outside his Barrackpore house, while he was away in Nadia district to pay respects to a BJP worker who died recently.

"I have come for a condolence meeting of a BJP worker in Nadia district. It seems police have reached my house. Police are attempting an encounter with me, my son the Bhatpara MLA and other family members. Didi, in fear of losing your seat, how low will you stoop?” Arjun Singh questioned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Singh, who was known to be close to Mamata, was part of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bhatpara MLA before switching to the BJP camp before the 2019

Lok Sabha election.

Pawan Singh spoke about his interaction with the police personnel saying, “I told them (police)you cannot search the place on the basis of information. You don’t have a warrant or proof. They said they cannot show me proof officially. You are talking to an MLA, you are coming into an MLA and MP’s house, will you search the house just like that? I cannot allow you.”

This is not the first time Singh has made such allegations. On May 14, Singh had written to West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhanker that on the instructions of Mamata, a senior police officer and his 35 associates of Barrackpore Commissionerate had attempted to assassinate the BJP MP and his family members on the pretext of cross firing.

Singh had further alleged that police tried to create an environment for an altercation with his security guard, to indulge in a scuffle and cross-firing.