Police detain north Bengal resident for writing anti-TMC post

KOLKATA: Four years after Jadavpur University professor, Ambikesh Mahapatra was arrested for forwarding a cartoon featuring Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Rohit Pashi, a resident of Jalpaiguri in North Bengal has today been detained by the local police for writing a post in Face Book criticising the ruling party.

Even though, initial reports claim that Pashi was arrested following a complaint, filed by a local TMC councillor, police denied it. Akash Megharia, SP, Jalpiguri said that no case was registered against him and he was never arrested . He was asked to submit a bond under section 107 of CrPC to maintain peace and not to agitate people.

Minutes after the news triggered a controversy, TMC national spokesperson, Derek O 'Brien issued a statement saying, "Some local channels distorting news without checking facts. Deliberate distortion? No one in Malbazaar has been arrested for a Facebook post."