TMC nationwide basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee in Tripura on August 2 (Screen Grab)
According to the police, the 14 TMC members have been nabbed for venturing out after the imposition of night time curfew at 7 pm, in violation of the COVID-19 restrictions.
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The Tripura High Court stayed submitting of the ultimate report or a charge-sheet with out go away of court docket in Abhishek Banerjee FIR case.
TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee and others moved the HC to quash an FIR registered in opposition to them in Khowai Thana.
The court docket has requested the police to submit all information and the matter has been fastened for listening to after two weeks.
Sanjay Basu, the advocate of Abhishek Banerjee and different leaders, stated: “Any submitting of charge-sheet or ultimate report has been said by the honourable court docket. The court docket additionally queried that why the bail of 14 different leaders couldn’t be given within the police station? The court docket has additional requested for all information in each instances. We are joyful and we’re wanting ahead to the subsequent listening to.”
The case against Abhishek Banerjee and others is contradictory to the own narrative of the State, the court observed.
This case was filed by the Khowai Thana on a suo moto basis. It all started when TMC claimed that their workers were beaten up in Ambassa and were arrested the next day. Abhishek Banerjee and other leaders went to the police station and asked the police officer that why only TMC workers were arrested and not BJP workers who were sloganeering outside.
The 14 accused had to be produced in the Court and bail was granted to them.
On the very next day, an FIR was lodged against Abhishek Banerjee and other leaders such as Kunal Ghosh, Bratyo Basu and MP Dola Sen and others.
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