West Bengal Police on Friday registered an FIR against unknown BJP leaders.
He is accused of calling a Sikh IPS officer a Khalistani. When BJP leaders and workers were carrying out Sandeshkhali march recently, an IPS officer on duty was called a Khalistani.
Amidst this controversy, people belonging to the Sikh community demonstrated strongly outside the BJP office in Kolkata.
On the other hand, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has also raised questions by posting a video of that IPS officer that if that officer had not worn a turban, would anyone have called him a Khalistani? The officer who was referred to as Khalistani has been identified as Jaspreet Singh, a 2016 batch IPS officer, who is currently posted as Special Superintendent (Intelligence) in West Bengal Police.
Meanwhile, West Bengal Police on Wednesday released a video alleging that it was BJP leader and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari who had called the Sikh police officer ‘Khalistani’.
Police registered an FIR in the case on Friday and booked the Indian Penal Code under sections 295A (deliberate and malicious intent to outrage religious feelings), 505(2) (causing or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes). Statement) and 34 (acts committed by several persons).
The complaint filed by a person named Gurmeet Singh said that “unknown BJP leaders/members” have called the Sikh police officer a ‘Khalistani’ to hurt religious sentiments and spread hatred and ill-will between the communities.
Let us tell you that recently a video of IPS officer Jaspreet Singh on duty had allegedly gone viral, in which he is saying that you are calling me Khalistani because I am wearing a turban.
Here, BJP had accused this IPS officer of violating the order of Calcutta High Court, in which West Bengal opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari was allowed to visit Sandeshkhali.
After Mamata Banerjee posted a video of Jaspreet Singh calling him ‘Khalistani’, the BJP has accused her of “trying to divert attention from the messageless incident”.
Sandeshkhali has been in the headlines for the last several days. Many women there have accused Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Shaikh and his supporters of forcefully grabbing land and sexually harassing them. So far 700 complaints have been received in this matter.