West Bengal to inquire into Banerjee’s 2021 injury account

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said the state government would open a fresh inquiry into Mamata Banerjee’s 2021 leg injury during the Assembly election campaign, renewing an allegation that the injury was misrepresented. He said he would provide further details after October 9, when the Model Code of Conduct was expected to end. At a press conference at the state secretariat in Kolkata on October 3, Adhikari displayed a medical document from the Bangur Institute of Neurosciences. He said it showed no evidence of a fracture or dislocation. One account described the document as a radiology report dated March 11, 2021, the day after Banerjee was injured. The full report was not provided in the accounts of the announcement, leaving its complete findings unclear. Adhikari characterized Banerjee’s account as false and said an inquiry would be initiated. He also said he was holding back further details while the election code remained in force. A report said the Criminal Investigation Department was already investigating the 2021 incident; the scope and status of that investigation, and how it relates to the newly announced inquiry, were not specified.