The West Bengal Police has filed a suo motu complaint against state BJP president Dilip Ghosh and three other party leaders for conducting a public meeting in Coochbehar district on Friday without requisite permission, police said.
Besides Ghosh, BJP state-in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya, national secretary Rahul Sinha and general secretary Raju Banerjee have been named in the complaint registered on Saturday, a senior officer of the district police said on Sunday.
“We have registered a suo motu case against four BJP leaders for holding the rally without proper permission from the administration. We have started taking necessary action against them,” he said.
The BJP leaders have been booked under different sections of the IPC and the Police Act, he said.
Ghosh, along with other party leaders, addressed the rally on a private land in Jhinaidanga in Coochbehar district after BJP's rath yatra was put on hold, the officer said, quoting the complaint.
When contacted, the state BJP chief said he went to the stage to thank the people, who had gathered at the venue in large numbers.
“Since a big crowd had already arrived at the venue, I had gone to the dais to thank them for coming. In fact, I had told them that we will not be addressing the rally.
“This shows their (police) intention. If they continue to act like this, it will be clear how police works here in the state,” Ghosh said, adding other party leaders named in the complaint were not present on the dais.
BJP President Amit Shah was to kickstart the campaign titled ‘Save Democracy Rally’ from Cooch Behar district on Friday, from Kakdwip in South 24 Parganas district on December 9, and from Tarapith temple in Birbhum district on December 14.