TMC files police complaint against BJP leaders for felling trees for Modi’s helipad

Prime Minister’s public meeting was held at Thakurnagar, the nerve centre of the Namasudra (SC) Matua movement, on Saturday. A helipad was created by the organisers near the venue for the PM’s helicopter to land.

Meanwhile, on the basis of a complaint filed by one Atanu Giri, a resident of Sherpur village in Contai, the police registered an FIR against Shah and other BJP leaders for “attempting to incite violence through their speech”. A copy of the FIR is with The Indian Express. Following the complaint, police have slapped IPC sections 500 (defamation), 503 (criminal intimidation), 504 (provocative speech), 427 (mischief causing damage), 436 (mischief by fire of explosive subject), 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups based on religion, place of birth etc) against the accused.

On January 30, workers of the TMC and the BJP clashed following a rally by Shah at Contai, leaving dozens injured. Buses and other vehicles carrying BJP workers were attacked and ransacked, while a TMC office was vandalised. Later, police arrested 11 persons in this connection.

“This is not the first time that the police are slapping false cases on us. In Contai, our workers were attacked after the rally and beaten up. The buses carrying them were ransacked. Now, suddenly a complaint is lodged against our party’s national president and some of us. We have come to know that the police have started a case. What else can we expect in Bengal where police has become a tool in the hands of the Trinamool Congress. We have also heard that a complaint has been lodged for felling trees. The ruling party can go to any length to harass us,” said BJP state president Dilip Ghosh.