The former chief minister alleged that large bricks were also thrown at her vehicle. TMC worker dies in police custodyThe Halisahar episode, therefore, was not merely another roadside protest. Banerjee visited the family on Sunday and accused the state government of allowing law and order to deteriorate. Kalyan Banerjee alleged that Adhikari was “running the state through the police” and using alleged mafia elements for political purposes. The competing narratives — public anger versus political conspiracy — are likely to make the Halisahar confrontation another flashpoint in Bengal’s increasingly personalised political battle.