He Entered Mamata Banerjee's Home Thinking It Was This

Hafizul Mollah, who is in his early 30s and from Hashnabad in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, could not, however, clearly state why he needed to go to the Kolkata Police headquarters in the dead of the night, police said.

The man who sneaked past security guards and entered the premises of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence in the city has told the police that he had done so thinking it was the Kolkata Police headquarters, a senior police official said on Monday.Hafizul Mollah, who is in his early 30s and from Hashnabad in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, could not, however, clearly state why he needed to go to the Kolkata Police headquarters in the dead of the night, he said. The man had scaled a boundary wall of Mamata Banerjee's private residence at 34B Harish Chatterjee Street in Kalighat area of the city at around 1:20 am on Sunday and remained there till morning. The security personnel posted there spotted him at around 8 am on Monday and handed him over to officers of Kalighat police station.

"During initial grilling the man said he mistook the chief minister's residence to be Lalbazar Kolkata Police headquarters and entered the premises. But he could not give any proper reply when asked about why he wanted to go to the police headquarters at that hour," the police official told news agency PTI.

Hafizul Mollah during grilling had first claimed to be a fruit seller and then a "good" vehicle driver, he said.

Police said that going by the man's appearance he seemed to be "somewhat mentally unstable".