KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress’s Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy on Tuesday instructed Calcutta excessive court docket he had deleted the contentious posts on X that had prompted Kolkata Police to summon him for spreading misinformation, including that he had spoken to the cops about this. The state instructed the HC that no coercive motion can be taken towards Roy.
The HC recorded that Roy had withdrawn his three posts on social media on the RG Kar rape and homicide.Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj held that the choice was arrived at on the idea of an settlement between the Trinamool MP and the state, which was why the court docket was not stepping into the matter.
Senior state standing counsel Amitesh Banerjee submitted that the state would submit a report throughout Wednesday’s listening to. Banerjee additionally submitted that govt was not going to take any coercive step towards the MP.
Complainant Md Adnan had lodged the FIR towards Roy based mostly on his posts on X. The MP’s counsel, Abhishek Haldar, submitted that Roy had on August 13, August 16 and August 18 put up posts expressing solidarity with the protests. Haldar needed to know whether or not police may query the neta on the submit made on August 18 based mostly on an FIR lodged a day earlier.
The counsel submitted that his consumer acquired the summons instantly after the three posts. Roy sought time to look for police questioning, citing his illnesses. The counsel identified {that a} second summons reached Roy quickly after he replied to the primary one, asking him to reply inside 45 minutes.
Banerjee instructed the court docket that the police had a chat with Roy, who mentioned he would delete the tweets. The state counsel submitted that police would not proceed on the matter and shut the case.
Roy later mentioned: “In my 58 years of politics, I’ve by no means seen such protests the place ladies got here out in giant numbers, their youngsters of their arms and posters of their palms. I’m not budging from my standpoint. The persons are by no means mistaken, generally we politicians have a tendency to not perceive them.” He added: “I’ve a conscience, I can not stay quiet. However I’ve by no means mentioned a phrase to TMC.”
TMC’s former Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh mentioned: “I had mentioned on day one which he had acquired carried away by emotion and shared some mistaken info. Kolkata Police was by no means going to arrest him. Why will they? It was a mistaken notion. At the moment he deleted the posts. In these making an attempt instances, if a consultant of the governing celebration shares some unverified info, it sends a really mistaken message to the general public.”
