Former Trinamool Congress minister Giasuddin Molla has filed a police complaint against the party’s national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee, alleging threats and intimidation, The Indian Express reported on Sunday.He has also named Mithun Kumar Dey, the former sub-divisional police officer in the 24 Parganas’ Diamond Harbour subdivision, in the complaint.This came two days after the police filed a first information report against Abhishek Banerjee for allegedly provocative speeches he made during campaigning for the Assembly elections in the state, including purported threats directed at Union Home Minister Amit Shah.Speaking about his complaint, Giasuddin Molla claimed that Dey used to take “unwarranted punitive action” against a section of local TMC leaders and workers “unwilling to accept the autocratic manner in which Abhishek Banerjee ran the party”, The Indian Express reported.“I was in a state of fear, and so I did not dare to open my mouth,” IANS quoted the former minister as saying. “I was afraid that I might be attacked and heckled by my own party workers.”Giasuddin Molla added that he had decided to file a police complaint because “I have faith in the administration led by the new chief minister, Suvendu Adhikari”.He also claimed that a TMC worker had been “severely beaten” by Dey.“He tortured party workers physically and mentally inside the police station,” Giasuddin Molla was quoted as saying. “As the then legislator, I protested. But it did not work out. Instead, Dey scolded me and came running towards me with his baton.”He added that he had informed both Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee about the incident, but no solution was reached.Earlier, the Election Commission had barred Dey from poll duty, The Indian Express reported.The complaint was filed at a police station in the Magrahat Paschim Assembly constituency in the South 24 Paragnas district.Giasuddin Molla served as West Bengal’s minister of state for minority affairs and madrasah education in the Mamata Banerjee-led Cabinet. A three-time MLA from Magrahat Paschim between 2011 and 2026, he had been denied a TMC ticket to contest the recent Assembly elections.The former minister was replaced by Shamim Ahamed Molla, who is one of the 80 TMC legislators in the current Assembly. The BJP defeated the TMC on May 4 in the Assembly elections, ending the 15-year rule of the Mamata Banerjee-led party.Previous FIR against Abhishek BanerjeeThe FIR against Abhishek Banerjee was registered based on a complaint by a man identified as Rajib Sarkar on May 5, a day after the election results were announced, at the Baguiati Police Station.He alleged that Abhishek Banerjee made inflammatory remarks during campaign events held between April 27 and May 3.The speeches made by the TMC’s national general secretary promoted enmity and disturbed public tranquillity, Sarkar’s complaint alleged, adding that it also included threats directed at the Union home minister.Speaking to The Indian Express, Sarkar said that Abhishek Banerjee “used strong language, challenging Amit Shah to face the public without central security after the election results, and claimed that the Trinamool Congress would finish the game that he alleged was started by the BJP”.Edited by Sneha.