Bengal: Ex-TMC minister files complaint against Abhishek Banerjee, police officer
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Former Trinamool Congress minister Giasuddin Molla has filed a police complaint against the party’s national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee, alleging threats and intimidation, The Indian Express reported on Sunday.
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He has also named Mithun Kumar Dey, the former sub-divisional police officer in the 24 Parganas’ Diamond Harbour subdivision, in the complaint.
This came two days after the police filed a first information report against Abhishek Banerjee for allegedly provocative speeches he made during campaigning for the Assembly elections in the state, including purported threats directed at Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Speaking about his complaint, Giasuddin Molla claimed that Dey used to take “unwarranted punitive action” against a section of local TMC leaders and workers “unwilling to accept the autocratic manner in which Abhishek Banerjee ran the party”, The Indian Express reported.
“I was in a state of fear, and so I did not dare to open my mouth,” IANS quoted the former minister as saying. “I was afraid that I might be attacked and heckled by my own party workers.”
Giasuddin Molla added that he had decided to file a police complaint because “I have faith in the administration led by the new chief minister, Suvendu Adhikari”.
He also claimed that a TMC worker had been “severely beaten” by Dey.
“He tortured party workers physically and mentally inside the police station,” Giasuddin Molla was quoted...