Kolkata, Aug 2 (UNI) Partha Chatterjee, tainted in the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) crore scam, on Tuesday afternoon felt the heat of the public rage when a middle-aged woman hurled her slipper at him. The incident took place while Chatterjee was being taken out of the ESI Hospital in Joka on the southern outskirts of Kolkata, where he was brought for a routine check-up. However, the footwear hurled by Subhra Ghorui did not hit the former minister. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) of- ficials and the accompanying central armed forces sleuths quickly pushed Chatterjee into the vehicle and left the hospital.
Later, the woman told the media persons that she would have been happier had the slipper hit Chatterjee. “I came to the ESI hospital for my own treatment. People like Partha Chatterjee have minted crores of rupees. He owns several flats in Kolkata. But whenever he is brought to the hospital for a medical check-up, police cordon the entire hospital area in such a manner that it causes immense inconvenience to the common patients. This irritated me today and I hurled the slipper. Had you all been happy, had I garlanded and welcomed him?” she asked. The police detained her briefly and questioned her. BJP state spokesman in West Bengal Shamik Bhattacharya said that although he does not support such acts, it is evident that the rage of the public, in general, is reaching such a stage, its reflections were evident in that incident.
