Abhishek Banerjee moves Calcutta HC seeking quashing of FIR against him

Kolkata, Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday filed a petition before the Calcutta High Court seeking quashing of an FIR filed against him for allegedly making inflammatory remarks during the recently-concluded West Bengal assembly poll process.

Senior advocate and TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee said the matter is likely to come up for hearing later this week before the bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya.

Abhishek Banerjee's petition seeks the quashing of the FIR filed against him.


The West Bengal Police registered an FIR against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee for allegedly making inflammatory statements during the recently concluded assembly elections.

The FIR was lodged based on a complaint filed by social activist Rajib Sarkar at Baguiati police station under the Bidhannagar police commissionerate in North 24 Parganas district on May 5, a day after the assembly election results were declared.

The complainant also claimed that Banerjee's inflammatory comments were linked to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, he said.

After the filing of the complaint, an FIR was formally registered at the Cyber Crime police station under the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate on May 15.

The complainant alleged that certain remarks made during public meetings were provocative in nature and had the potential to disturb public order and communal harmony.