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Giasuddin Molla, a former three-time TMC legislator and ex-member of the previous Mamata Banerjee-led cabinet, has filed a police complaint against Abhishek Banerjee and a police officer, Mitun Kumar Dey, at a local police station in the Magrahat (Paschim) Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district.
Molla confirmed the filing of the police complaint on Sunday, May 17, stating that he had kept quiet for fear of police action and torture by his own party, IANS reported.
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Molla earlier served as the West Bengal Minister of State for Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education. He was the TMC legislator from Magrahat (Pashim) from 2011 to 2026.
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“I was in a state of fear, and so I did not dare to open my mouth. I was afraid that I might be attacked and heckled by my own party workers. But now I am filing the police complaint because I have faith in the administration led by the new Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari,” IANS quoted Molla as saying.
Notably, the TMC denied re-nomination to Molla in the 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal, and replaced him with Shamim Ahamed Molla, who is one of the 80 Trinamool Congress legislators in the current Assembly.
Molla has claimed that the former sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) of Diamond Harbour subdivision in South 24 Parganas district earlier took unnecessary penal actions against a section of local TMC leaders and workers, who did not accept the autocratic fashion of running the party by Abhishek Banerjee.
“A Trinamool Congress worker was severely beaten by Mitun Kumar Dey. He tortured the party workers physically and mentally inside the police station. As the then party legislator, I protested. But it did not work out. On the contrary, Mitun Kumar Dey scolded me and came running to beat me with his baton. I informed both Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee about this. But there was no solution,” Molla claimed.
Further, he asserted that Abhishek Banerjee knew everything, while adding that Mitun Kumar Dey resorted to such activities following Banerjee’s instructions.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) had earlier barred Dey from any election-related duty.
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