PTI, KOLKATA: A case was today registered against BJP West Bengal Mahila Morcha president Locket Chatterjee for allegedly participating in an armed Ram Navami procession in Birbhum district yesterday, police said. According to the police, the video footage of state BJP president Dilip Ghosh purportedly carrying arms while participating in a Ram Navami rally is also being verified.
“A case has been lodged against Locket Chatterjee, which also includes non-bailable sections for participating in a rally with arms,” Birbhum Superintendent of Police (SP) N Sudheer Kumar said.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she had directed the director general of police (DGP) to instruct all the SPs to take strong action in this regard and not to spare anyone, whoever he or she was.
“The law will take its own course. I will not tolerate this,” she said at a public meeting at Pailan, near here, and added that if the police failed to take action, steps would be taken against them.
Banerjee also called those, who allegedly carried swords and other weapons in Ram Navami processions yesterday, “hooligans”.
