Kolkata: The questioning of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee by the West Bengal CID is underway on Tuesday over his alleged inflammatory statements during the Assembly election campaign.
Banerjee reached the CID headquarters ‘Bhavani Bhavan’ here shortly before noon.
The national general secretary of the CPM was grilled for hours by the CID and ED on Sunday and Monday in connection with the alleged forgery of MPs’ signatures and the alleged primary school job scam, respectively. Last Thursday, he was interrogated in SHKB in relation to the case of forgery of signatures.
According to a senior official of the state investigation agency, a set of questions were prepared for the Diamond Harbor MP.
“He was also asked what was the intention behind the inflammatory comments he made during the election rallies,” the official said.
CID sleuths reportedly showed Banerjee the video recording of the meeting where he allegedly made the statement during interrogation.
The entire interrogation session is being documented and filmed.
The FIR against Banerjee for his alleged inflammatory statements was filed a month ago, based on a complaint filed by social activist Rajib Sarkar at Baguiati police station in North 24 Parganas district on May 5, a day after the assembly election results were declared.
It was alleged that the TMC national general secretary made provocative comments on post-poll violence and the vote counting process, a senior officer said.
The complainant also claimed that Banerjee’s inflammatory comments were linked to Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The case has been registered under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Representation of the People Act, he said.
The complainant accused Banerjee of making inflammatory speeches during several election-related programs between April 27 and May 3.
“He claimed that some remarks made during public meetings were provocative and had the potential to disrupt public order and communal harmony,” said the police officer.
