US EditionFIR Filed Against TMC’s Mahua Moitra for Alleged Remarks Against HM Amit Shah - The Statesman
Moitra faces FIR under laws against promoting enmity and prejudicial assertions after remarks on illegal immigration sparked community fears, police said.
- On Saturday, the Mana Camp police station registered a FIR against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra after a complaint by Gopal Samanto, invoking Sections 196 and 197 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita .
- On Thursday, August 28, 2025, in Nadia district, West Bengal, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra allegedly said Union Home Minister Amit Shah's head should be cut off for failing to stop infiltration from Bangladesh and accused the government of shirking border security responsibility.
- The complainant, Gopal Samanto, told reporters that he filed the complaint with a heavy heart, calling Moitra's remarks an insult to their community and fearing repercussions among Bangladeshi refugees settled in Mana Camp since 1971.
- Raipur police said the MP has been booked under Sections 196 and 197, Raipur Superintendent of Police Lal Umed Singh said, while Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai urged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to act and apologise.
- The dispute arrives amid a long-running BJP–TMC flashpoint over infiltration, with Bengali-speaking migrants' detentions and the 2026 Assembly election escalating tensions and the TMC accusing the BJP of 'linguistic terror'.
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FIR filed against Mahua Moitra in Raipur over 'objectionable' Amit Shah remark
Raipur: In fresh trouble for Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, a police complaint was filed against her under penal provisions for promoting enmity and threat to national integrity for her alleged objectionable remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, an official said on Sunday. The complaint against Moitra was filed by a Chhattisgarh resident, Gopal Samanto, on Saturday, the police said. Samanto alleged that Moitra’s comments were uncon…
FIR filed against TMC’s Mahua Moitra over ‘cut off head’ remark on Amit Shah
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra faces a fresh controversy after an FIR was lodged in Chhattisgarh for her alleged remark that Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s “head should be cut off” over the issue of illegal infiltration.
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