Trouble mounts for TMC: Amid signature forgery probe, CID summons Abhishek Banerjee again, this time over 'DJ' threat

Trouble mounts for Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee as he received a fresh summons from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday.

The summons is based on an FIR filed under the Bidhan Nagar Commissionerate for controversial comments made before the Assembly elections about a DJ playing songs after the May 4 election results were announced.

This summons comes less than 24 hours after the MP was questioned for nearly 6 hours at the CID headquarters in connection with the signature forgery case.

The CID team waited outside Abhishek’s Kalighat house to deliver the summons to him in person, as the MP had been away at a meeting. The investigating team did not want to hand over the summons to a representative at the Kalighat residence.

“No matter how Mamata wins, the steering will be in my hands. The DJ will definitely play songs in such a way, it will rip their ears," Abhishek had said at an election campaign rally at Arambagh in the Hooghly district.

Meanwhile, an FIR was also filed at the Netaji Nagar Police Station, which was forwarded to the Hare Street Police Station against Mamata Banerjee.

The FIR concerns comments she allegedly made before the Assembly elections at a rally at Dharmatala in Kolkata. There are three charges against Mamata in the case, pertaining to the allegedly provocative statements at the public rally.

“We are here hence you are, that is why you are safe. If we unleash a community, they (BJP) will learn a lesson," Mamata Banerjee had said at the Dharmatala rally.

The FIR says that Mamata made a misleading speech pertaining to criminal intimidation, intending to provoke breach of peace, affecting public tranquility, communal harmony and the democratic structure of the state. The charges filed are under 196(1), 351(2) and 352 of the BNS.