NEW DELHI: BJP leader Sita Soren has accused her assistant of attempting to shoot her at a hotel in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district, police said on Friday. The accused was identified as Devashish Manoranjan Ghosh.
According to officials, Soren’s assistant allegedly pointed a handgun at her following an argument.
Soren was in Dhanbad to attend a wedding. After the event, she checked into a private hotel in the Saraidhela area, where the alleged attack took place.
Soren’s bodyguard saved her life from the alleged shooter, according to the police.
“Her bodyguard pounced on Ghosh and saved Sita Soren. After getting the information, the police reached the hotel. Ghosh was taken into custody and a country-made pistol was also recovered,” Dhanbad DSP (Law & Order) Naushad Alam said.
The accused, Ghosh, had been accompanying Soren and reportedly drove her car earlier that evening. Following the incident, Soren filed a formal complaint at Saraidhela police station.
Police are also investigating whether there was a security lapse that allowed the incident to occur.
Sita Soren is the sister-in-law of Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and a former three-term JMM MLA.
Soren had switched from JMM to BJP in March last year, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. She later contested from Jamtara in the November assembly polls but lost to a JMM candidate.