Delhi Police serve notice to Mamata Banerjee in 2013 protest case
The former West Bengal Chief Minister has been asked to record her statement as a witness regarding a confrontation in New Delhi.
A team from the Delhi Police visited the Kalighat residence of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday to serve a notice. According to reports from The New Indian Express and The Hindu, the notice asks Banerjee to record her statement as a witness in a case registered 13 years ago.
The case was registered on April 9, 2013, at the Parliament Street police station. It involves a protest held near the former Planning Commission headquarters on Sansad Marg, where a confrontation reportedly occurred between Banerjee's delegation and Delhi Police personnel.
The incident took place in April 2013 when Banerjee and a group of Trinamool Congress ministers and MPs arrived in Delhi. They were protesting the alleged assault on then-Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra by members of the Students' Federation of India (SFI).
The protest was part of a larger student agitation in New Delhi following the death of 22-year-old SFI leader Sudipto Gupta while in police custody in Kolkata. During the demonstration, SFI and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) protesters reportedly gheraoed Banga Bhawan.
Police sources clarified that the notice was issued to Banerjee in her capacity as a witness and not as an accused. The notice asks her to appear before investigating officials in Delhi to provide her statement.
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen stated she had no knowledge of the notice being served.