Kolkata Police has registered a suo motu case against former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly violating a Calcutta High Court order in connection with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) students’ wing rally held in Kolkata on Friday.
The Calcutta High Court had allowed Banerjee to mark the foundation day of the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) on August 28 at Cathedral Road in the state capital.
The stipulated flank was not kept open, amounting to a violation of the court’s order, according to the police. The FIR was registered at Hastings Police Station against Banerjee and the organisers of the TMCP meeting, according to reports citing police officers. Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday claimed that the police had a humane approach during her tenure, but alleged that the BJP had transformed the force into a “monstrous entity”. Addressing a rally organised by the TMC students’ wing in Kolkata, Banerjee said she would put an end to “police atrocities” against her supporters, describing it as her pledge on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. “BJP is playing divisive politics in Bengal and using the police to spread fear among the people,” she alleged. She said she did not want to waste the court’s time by approaching it for permission to hold rallies every time the administration refused to grant approval.
However, the court had directed that one flank of the road be kept open during the event. The police also alleged that the programme continued beyond the time limit prescribed by the High Court.
