KOLKATA: Diamond Harbour Trinamul Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee was questioned by the cops at the Bhowanipore police station on Saturday over four hours in a case related to his controversial social media post about “Gujarati gang” and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during the West Bengal Assembly Election.
On May 2, Mr Banerjee posted on X-handle, “Ten lifetimes won’t be enough for your Bangla Birodhi Gujarati gang and their stooge Gyanesh Kumar to put even a dent in my DIAMOND HARBOUR MODEL. Bring everything you have got. I challenge the entire Union of India-Come to Falta. Send your strongest, send one of the godfathers from Delhi. If you have got the nerve, contest in Falta,” while countering a post by BJP leader Amit Malviya.
On May 27, Arnab Kanti Das, a resident of Bhowanipore, lodged a complaint with Bhowanipore police station against the TMC MP accusing him of insulting the Gujarati community and Mr Kumar in his post. Later, Mr Banerjee was booked in an FIR and was summoned. At around 12 pm on Saturday, the TMC MP appeared before the cops and faced their grilling till 4 pm.
He later pointed out that the model code of conduct was underway when he made the post. “But I respect the law of this country and cooperated with the police like earlier. I also explained why I used the term Gujarati Gang. My statement was made in response to a tweet by Amit Malviya in which he referred to Bengali as a Bangladeshi language,” Mr Banerjee said.
He informed that he would appear at Girish Park police station on November 20, in response to its summons in a case of threatening police.
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