A complaint has been filed against former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee over her remarks involving the arrest of suspects linked to the murder of Sharif Osman bin Hadi.
She faces allegations that her statements were provocative, defamatory, and harmful to constitutional institutions.
Advocate Rinki Chatterjee Singh lodged the complaint on Thursday at the Siliguri Cyber Police Station, according to Indian news agency ANI.
In her filing, Rinki alleged that Mamata, through public speeches, political platforms, and media interactions, made “provocative and inflammatory statements” against constitutional institutions of India, including the Election Commission of India and the Central Armed Forces deployed for maintaining law and order during elections, the report added.
“Recently, through various public speeches, political platforms and media interactions, the accused has allegedly made several provocative and inflammatory statements against constitutional institutions of India, including the Election Commission of India and the Central Armed Forces deployed for maintaining law and order during elections. The accused publicly questioned the integrity, neutrality and credibility of such constitutional institutions, thereby allegedly attempting to create public distrust and disaffection against the State machinery,” ANI quoted the complaint.
