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News Desk: Veteran actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty was virtually questioned on Wednesday by Kolkata Police based on an FIR filed against him. Mithun was questioned for over 30 minutes starting at 10:05 am and his statement was recorded by the police.
The complainant has claimed in his FIR at the Maniktala police station in Kolkata that Mithun Chakraborty had used film dialogues like “marbo ekhane, lash porbe shoshane” (I will hit you here and the body will fall in the crematorium)” and “ek chobole chhobi” (just one snakebite and you will become a photograph) during a BJP campaign rally in Kolkata ahead of the Bengal assembly elections.
It has been alleged that these dialogues were a cause for post-poll violence in Bengal.
Mithun Chakraborty has claimed that the utterances of such film dialogues were only recreational and that he is innocent and in no way connected with any offence as alleged by the complainant.
Mithun Chakraborty has appealed to the high court to quash the proceedings against him pending before the additional chief judicial magistrate at Sealdah court.
Mithun has been accused of promoting enmity between different groups and also an intentional insult to provoke breach of peace and making statements conducing to public mischief.
The Calcutta High Court had last week asked Mithun Chakraborty to provide his e-mail address to the Bengal government so that he can make himself available by way of video conference for questioning in connection with the complaint alleging that he had incited post-poll violence through his speeches while campaigning.
