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- TMC MP Mahua Moitra has been summoned by Diamond Harbour cybercrime police to appear at 11 am on Saturday for questioning in a case over a social media post.
- The case was registered after a local resident complained that her September 1 post on X, alleging Muslim officers were deliberately kept out of a programme attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, could promote communal discord.
- Police sources said the case includes non-bailable sections, and the summons comes amid heightened political tensions and internal turmoil within the TMC in West Bengal.
What to watch next
- Whether Moitra appears before the cybercrime department on Saturday and what she says
- Legal developments, including any move by Moitra to seek relief from the courts as in earlier related cases
- Political fallout given the TMC's ongoing internal power struggle and BJP-TMC tensions in West Bengal
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