Bengal: FIR against BJP MLA Ashok Dinda for ‘threatening’ police personnel

According to sources in the Kolkata Police, Dinda is purportedly seen threatening police officers in video footage

Written by Atri Mitra

Kolkata | August 10, 2025 04:06 AM IST

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According to sources in the Kolkata Police, Dinda is purportedly seen threatening police officers in video footage (Facebook/Ashoke Dinda)

THE KOLKATA Police on Saturday registered an FIR against former cricketer and BJP MLA Ashok Dinda for allegedly threatening police personnel during a ‘Nabanna march’ to mark the completion of one year of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.

According to sources in the Kolkata Police, Dinda is purportedly seen threatening police officers in video footage. “Mr Dinda, during the rally, threatened and verbally abused our officers on duty. He also assaulted the guard of an IAS officer. Luckily, the personnel wasn’t injured because he was wearing a helmet,” a police officer told PTI.

A senior police officer told The Indian Express, “We are still checking the video footage. If we find visuals in which any others are also threatening or misbehaving with our officers, we will file FIRs in those cases as well.”

On Saturday, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, along with other BJP MLAs including Dinda, also participated in the protest from the Park Street end.

When the march was blocked with barricades, BJP supporters tried to break the barricades and march towards Nabanna, the headquarters of the state secretariat. Some BJP leaders and MLAs got into arguments with the police personnel deployed at the spot.

As of Saturday evening, a total of six FIRs have been registered against protesters in connection with the ‘Nabanna march’, police said.

-with PTI inputs

Atri Mitra

Atri Mitra is a Special Correspondent of The Indian Express with more than 20 years of experience in reporting from West Bengal, Bihar and the North-East. He has been covering administration and political news for more than ten years and has a keen interest in political development in West Bengal. Atri holds a Master degree in Economics from Rabindrabharati University and Bachelor's degree from Calcutta University. He is also an alumnus of St. Xavier's, Kolkata and Ramakrishna Mission Asrama, Narendrapur. He started his career with leading vernacular daily the Anandabazar Patrika, and worked there for more than fifteen years. He worked as Bihar correspondent for more than three years for Anandabazar Patrika. He covered the 2009 Lok Sabha election and 2010 assembly elections. He also worked with News18-Bangla and covered the Bihar Lok Sabha election in 2019. ... Read More

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