Overview
- Kolkata’s Hare Police Station registered the FIR on a Raj Bhavan complaint, citing multiple BNS sections including 151, 152, 196, 197 and 353.
- Police said several charges are non-bailable with maximum penalties of up to seven years’ imprisonment.
- Raj Bhavan separately filed a defamation suit in the Calcutta High Court through the Governor’s officer-on-special duty.
- Governor C. V. Ananda Bose oversaw a high-visibility search with Kolkata Police, CRPF, the bomb squad and a sniffer dog, and officials reported no arms or explosives found.
- Kalyan Banerjee rejected the allegations, termed the actions politically motivated, said he would contest them in court and reiterated his accusations against the Governor.