The Kolkata Police, on Saturday, registered a suo motu FIR against former West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee over the alleged violation of conditions imposed by the Calcutta High Court for a Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) foundation day programme on Friday.
The FIR was registered at Hastings Police Station against Banerjee and the organisers of the TMCP event held on Cathedral Road in central Kolkata.
"The FIR has been registered for the alleged violation of the court's order. The role of all those involved in the violation will be examined during the course of the investigation," a police officer said, according to news agency PTI.
The case was registered after police examined the conditions laid down by the Calcutta High Court for holding the programme.
The High Court had allowed the TMCP foundation day event to be held on Cathedral Road but directed that one flank of the road must remain open. The court had also specified a time limit for the programme. According to the police, these conditions were allegedly violated during the event.
Meanwhile, according to news agency ANI, a complaint registered at Hastings Police Station against Mamata alleged that supporters pushed aside barricades and jostled with police personnel. It further stated that traffic on Cathedral Road was disrupted and the programme continued beyond the time permitted by the High Court.
The case has been registered under Sections 61(2), 223, 125(a), 132 and 285 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The FIR comes after Banerjee criticised the police while addressing a rally on Friday. She claimed that the police had a "humane face" during her tenure as chief minister and alleged that the BJP had turned the force into a "monstrous entity".
Banerjee also accused the BJP of using the police to create fear among people in West Bengal. "BJP is playing divisive politics in Bengal and using the police to spread fear among the people," she alleged.
Banerjee said she would stop what she described as "police atrocities" against her supporters, calling it her pledge on Raksha Bandhan.
