FIR against Mamata Banerjee for allegedly hurting religious sentiments ahead of Bengal polls
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The Kolkata Police on Friday registered a first information report against West Bengal’s former chief minister and Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with remarks that she made during a speech ahead of the Assembly elections, India Today reported.
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A complaint against her was filed on May 20 by a Kolkata resident, who alleged that Banerjee had in March said that if “a particular community united, it could have dire consequences for others”.
The TMC chief has been booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections pertaining to acts that promote enmity, hatred or disharmony between groups on the basis of religion, race, language or caste, as well as provisions dealing with criminal intimidation and intentional insults.
Police have begun an investigation and are examining video recordings of the speech, according to India Today.
A zero FIR was first registered at Netaji Nagar Police Station on the basis of the same complaint, which has since been transferred to Hare Street Police Station, reported The Times of India.
Zero FIRs are registered by a police station for crimes that are committed outside their territorial jurisdictions.
On May 20, a separate complaint was filed against Banerjee at the Siliguri Cyber Crime Police Station, alleging that remarks she made during a religious event in 2025 and at...