Kolkata college student held for allegedly inciting violence against Mamata Banerjee amid protests
The student allegedly uploaded a social media story calling for the chief minister to be killed in a manner similar to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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The Kolkata Police on Sunday arrested a college student for allegedly inciting violence against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with a post on social media, NDTV reported.
The student, Kirti Sharma, allegedly uploaded a story on the social media platform Instagram encouraging viewers to assassinate Banerjee in a manner similar to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Sharma, a second-year commerce student, allegedly posted the story amid protests against the West Bengal government in light of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9.
The police said that a complaint was filed against a person with the Instagram username “kirtisocial” at the city’s Taltala police station. The police also alleged that Sharma disclosed the identity and photo of the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered.
“At the same time, the accused person also shared two stories against the CM that contained offensive comments and life threats to her,” PTI quoted an unidentified police officer as saying. “Those were very much provocative in nature and might have created social unrest and promoted hatred among communities.”
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