Student Arrested For Shoot Mamata Banerjee Post

Kolkata:

A second-year BCom pupil has been arrested by Kolkata Police for a provocative social media submit that incited violence in opposition to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. 

The accused, Kirti Sharma, who operated below the deal with “kirtisocial” on Instagram, is accused of encouraging others to assassinate the Chief Minister in a way harking back to the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

The submit, which learn, “Shoot Mamata Banerjee like Indira Gandhi. If you cannot do it, I would not disappoint,” shortly gained consideration after a number of Trinamool Congress supporters flagged it to the authorities. The police additionally alleged that the accused disclosed the identification and {photograph} of the 31-year-old postgraduate trainee physician who was discovered brutally raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital on August 9.

The Kolkata Police launched a press release concerning the incident, saying, “A criticism was acquired concerning the accused particular person, having the Instagram ID ‘kirtisocial,’ who uploaded three Instagram tales associated to the latest incident at RG Kar Hospital. The posts disclosed the image and identification of the sufferer, which is very offensive in nature. Moreover, the accused shared two tales containing offensive feedback and life threats in opposition to the Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal. These feedback are provocative and should create social unrest and promote hatred amongst communities.”

The Kolkata Police has cracked down closely on social media posts associated to the rape-murder incident. Summons had been issued to Trinamool MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray after he publicly demanded that the CBI interrogate the Kolkata police commissioner. The police additionally issued summonses to former BJP MP Locket Chatterjee and two distinguished docs for allegedly spreading rumours and disclosing the identification of the sufferer.