Kolkata: Veteran actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty was questioned virtually by Kolkata Police on a complaint lodged against him allegi...
Kolkata: Veteran actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty was questioned virtually by Kolkata Police on a complaint lodged against him alleging that the actor was responsible for inciting violence through one of his speeches made during a BJP campaign.
A complaint filed against him in Maniktala police station has accused
the veteran actor of inciting post-poll violence in West Bengal through his
speeches. Chakraborty moved the Calcutta High Court for quashing the case
against him. But the court asked him to appear for questioning through video conferencing.
The complaint says that the popular actor has used phrases like “Marbo
ekhane lash porbe shoshane (Will hit you here and the body will land in the
crematorium)” and “Ek chobole chobi (one snake bite and you will turn into a
photograph)” at a rally in Kolkata after he joined the BJP on March 7. The
complaint also mentioned that these dialogues were enough to incite violence.
The national award-winning actor told the court that he had just uttered
popular dialogues from his films. He claimed that mouthing such film dialogues
were only recreational and that he is innocent and not connected with any
offence as alleged by the complainant.
After the hearing the Calcutta High Court directed Chakraborty to
provide his e-mail address to the state so that he can make himself available
for questioning through video conferencing. Kolkata Police following the
direction of the court have started questioning Chakraborty.
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