An FIR has been registered against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for hurting religious sentiments.
An FIR has been registered against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for hurting religious sentiments. This complaint has been lodged by lawyer Rinki Chattopadhyay Singh at Siliguri Cyber Crime Police Station.
An FIR has been registered against former Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal. Police said on Wednesday that the case has been registered on the basis of a complaint by a lawyer. She has been accused of hurting religious sentiments.
The complaint was filed by lawyer Rinki Chattopadhyay Singh at the Siliguri Cyber Crime Police Station on May 20. She also alleged that the police initially refused to register a case and only accepted the FIR after repeated follow-ups.
A particular community can destroy another in five minutes.
A senior police officer said that the lawyer has also alleged that these statements were unconstitutional and inflammatory.” Mamata Banerjee had said that if a particular community wanted, it could ‘finish’ others within five minutes. Such statements are not expected from a person holding a constitutional post,” the complainant said.
The complainant put forward that two remarks by Banerjee had deeply hurt the sentiments and beliefs of “millions of Sanatani Hindus across India and the world”, one during a religious event in 2025 and another at a Dharmatala protest .
Under what legal provisions was the FIR recorded?
The FIR has been registered under sections 351 (criminal intimidation), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 353 (spreading false statements), 354 (criminal intimidation by threatening to provoke breach of the peace), 356 (criminal defamation) and 299 (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings).
A senior police officer from the Siliguri Police Commissionerate confirmed that an investigation into this matter has been initiated. The officer stated, “We have received the complaint, and a case has been registered in accordance with the established procedure. The investigation into the matter is underway, and all aspects mentioned in the FIR are being examined.“
