The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday permitted the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Birbhum district to file a petition challenging the summons issued to him by the National Commission for Women (NCW) in connection with alleged derogatory remarks made by Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal during a phone call with a police officer.
Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, hearing the matter, granted permission to the SP’s lawyer to file the application and listed the matter for hearing on Wednesday, subject to the petitioner serving a copy of the petition to all concerned parties.
The SP’s legal representative told the court that the NCW was interfering in an ongoing police investigation in Birbhum and attempting to pressure the investigating authorities. The counsel alleged that the commission was coercing the police to include specific sections in the case and to present the case diary before it.
The NCW had summoned the SP to appear before it in person on July 14, expressing dissatisfaction with the action taken report filed by the officer regarding the incident.
An FIR was registered against Mondal under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) over his alleged use of derogatory language during a telephonic conversation with the officer-in-charge of Bolpur police station.
