The estranged wife of city mayor Sovan Chatterjee was today detained following his complaint that she was trying to barge into...

The estranged wife of city mayor Sovan Chatterjee was today detained following his complaint that she was trying to barge into the flat where he has been staying for the last six months, the police said. Claiming that the mayor has been delaying signing papers for their daughter's study abroad, his wife Ratna Chatterjee held a night-long demonstration in front of the flat in south Kolkata Golpark area where he was staying, they said.

Ratna Chatterjee, wife of Sovan Chatterjee

"We have received a complaint from the mayor on the basis of which we have detained her. We are talking to her, they said. The mayor and his wife have been fighting a battle for divorce.