The mother of the RG Kar victim claimed that in the scuffle, her ‘shankha’ (traditional conch shell bangle) was broken and she sustained a head injury. She also alleged that four to five police personnel manhandled her during the confrontation.“The police shoved me and pinned me to the ground. They broke my ‘shankha’ and I sustained injury on my forehead,” she had said on Saturday.Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, visited the hospital on Saturday to see her. “Her injury is quite serious. A CT scan has been done. An MRI has been done. Abhaya’s (the victim of the RG Kar) father has also been beaten up,” Adhikari said, while claiming that about 100 BJP workers were injured in police action.Responding to a specific question on the injury to the RG Kar victim’s mother on Sunday, Verma said, “We are investigating from all angles. CCTV footage is being watched. It is not possible for us to say anything right now without seeing everything. She must have been ‘injured’. That is sad. But why did it happen, how did it happen, is being investigated.”The Kolkata Police stated that five of their personnel were injured during the protest march on Saturday.Meanwhile, a total of seven FIRs have been lodged by the Kolkata Police and the Howrah Police. BJP leaders such as Ashok Dinda, Agnimitra Paul, and Kaustav Bagchi were named in the FIRs for allegedly obstructing police personnel on duty and threatening them, sources said.
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