A woman police official was allegedly heckled and molested by a group of men, who were part of a BJP protest, led by party leader Bharati Ghosh in East Medinipur district on Wednesday.
Ghosh has denied all allegations and accused the same woman of physically assaulting her. Police said Ghosh, accompanied by a number of BJP supporters, was on her way to Kanthibari in East Medinipur district, where she was likely to hold a public rally. However, police stopped her convoy before she could enter the Khejuri block.
Ghosh got out of her car and sat on the road to protest against the police. Soon, hundreds of other BJP supporters joined her and started raising slogans against police. The agitators also allegedly threw stones at the police officials.
Meanwhile, Ghosh claimed that she had been illegally stopped by police on her way.