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Several reports claimed that “sharp weapons” were recovered from a Trinamool Congress (TMC) office in Narayanpur, Ghutiari Sharif, in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal.
Viral Video: Multiple 'sharp weapons' seized from TMC office in Bengal's South 24 Parganas in police raid, says reportA video viral on social media showed “sharp weapons” on a table, with several reports claiming that the visuals were from a Trinamool Congress (TMC) office in Narayanpur, Ghutiari Sharif, in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal.
DD News reported on Wednesday that sharp weapons were recovered from a TMC office in the Jibantala area of West Bengal. It claimed that during a police raid, around 18 sharp weapons were seized, “following which tensions in the area escalated."
The action was taken after authorities reportedly received inputs about "sharp weapons" in the Narayanpur area.
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During a police raid in the Jibantala area of West Bengal, approximately 18 sharp weapons were reportedly seized from a TMC office. A viral video showed these weapons on a table.
The police action was taken after authorities reportedly received inputs about "sharp weapons" being present in the Narayanpur area. The raid occurred at a TMC office in the Jibantala area.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026 with a majority, securing 207 seats and ending the Trinamool Congress's (TMC) 10-year rule. The TMC won 80 seats.
According to an ADR report, 190 out of 292 analyzed winning candidates (65%) declared criminal cases against themselves. This is an increase from 49% in the 2021 elections.
Following the BJP's victory and the end of the TMC's rule, security arrangements outside Mamata Banerjee's residence and the TMC's central office were scaled down. Additional personnel beyond the Z+ category security cover were withdrawn.
The report added that the TMC denied the allegations.
The investigation is currently underway, DD news reported.
Meanwhile, other media houses, including Times Now Navbharat and TV9 Bangla, shared a purported video showing the "sharp weapons" lying in a stable in the TMC office.
Mint could not independently verify the video. There have been no official comments on the video.
Meanwhile, a senior advocate in the Supreme Court, Mahesh Jethmalani, took to social media to slam the TMC over the viral footage.
Sharing the purported video, he wrote on C, "This is what West Bengal Police have recovered during a raid on a TMC office in Narayanpur, Ghutiari Sharif, South 24 Parganas, and seized 18 sharp curved weapons from local leader Salauddin Sardar’s party office."
"This is a glimpse into the machinery Bengal was asked to surrender again," he said while taking a dig at West Bengal's outgoing government, which was led by Mamata Banerjee's TMC.
Jethmalani wrote, "The people of Bengal did not merely defeat a party. By voting for @SuvenduWB and @BJP4India and @BJP4Bengal, they may have saved themselves from a political culture where fear is the local TMC leader, violence is the manifesto, and democracy is held hostage inside a party office."
He added, "IMAGINE if Trinamool Congress had won. IMAGINE the message it would have sent to every local strongman of Mamata Banerjee. IMAGINE the naked confidence of every TMC party office that stored weapons to attack political rivals."
"IMAGINE the fear of ordinary citizens living under that shadow. IMAGINE the arrogance of those who believed Bengal belonged to them, not to the people. IMAGINE the silence of the same ecosystem that lectures India on democracy," Jethmalani's post on X read.
BJP swoops West Bengal Elections 2026
Jethmalani's comments came days after the BJP won the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026 with a thumping majority.
For the first time ever, the BJP rose to power in Bengal, not only as the single-largest party, but also by securing the comfortable majority needed to form the state government.
A political party needs to cross the halfway mark by winning at least 148 seats in the 294-member West Bengal Assembly. The BJP won 207 seats, ending the TMC's 10-year rule.
The TMC, meanwhile, won 80 seats, down from 215 it had won in the 2021 West Bengal Elections. The BJP had won 77 seats in the last state election.
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