Bengal: FIR against two actors for ‘provocative’ remarks during violence after 2021 Assembly polls

The West Bengal Police on Thursday said that a first information report has been filed against actors Parambrata Chattopadhyay and Swastika Mukherjee for making allegedly provocative remarks on social media during violence after the 2021 Assembly elections in the state, PTI reported.

The FIR was based on a complaint registered at the Gariahat Police Station by an advocate, Joydeep Sen, who claimed that the actors had made remarks on social media that could have incited political violence in the charged atmosphere after the Assembly election results in May 2021.

In May 2021, the TMC had won 215 seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party 77 in the Assembly elections. There were allegations of widespread post-poll violence after the results were declared and the TMC returned to power for the third time in a row.

At the time, the Calcutta High Court had ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the violence. A Special Investigation Team was also set up.

In his complaint, Sen claimed that after the TMC crossed the majority mark, Parambrata had posted on May 2, 2021: “Let today be declared World Thrashing Day”, the news agency reported. Responding to the post, Swastika had allegedly said: “Hahaha, let it be”.

The complaint alleged that such remarks contributed to an atmosphere of political hostility and...

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