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- The Calcutta High Court has ordered police not to take coercive steps, including arrest, against actor Sreelekha Mitra, against whom 16 FIRs were filed after she was photographed holding a poster with an objectionable cartoon of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a July student protest in Kolkata.
- The court, however, criticised the poster as 'distasteful' and said quashing the case now could encourage similar acts, while allowing the police investigation to continue.
- Mitra says she did not make the poster and borrowed it from a student without closely viewing it; police must give her 48 hours notice before asking her to appear.
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- Outcome of the police investigation into the 16 FIRs
- Whether the court later quashes or continues the proceedings
- Whether Mitra cooperates with investigators as required by the order
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Saugata Bhattacharya
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“Why she has done this? This is not merely a cartoon. It is really distasteful. How a prudent citizen can do this?”
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…the resignation of then education minister Dharmendra Pradhan. As the photo emerged on social media, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in the state went on an offensive and filed police complaints against her. “ Why she has done this? This is not merely a cartoon. It is really distasteful. How a prudent citizen can do this? ” justice Saugata Bhattacharya of the Calcutta high court observed. “She is an actor and it is presumed she is a sensible lady. How could she do this? ... It shocks the conscience of the court,” the bench observed.…
Sreelekha Mitra
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“I merely took the photo from a student and posed with it during the baton charge by the police. I was not wearing my prescription glasses and had sunglasses on, I could not see the photo closely.”
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…requiring her to appear before investigators. Mitra, who joined the students to express solidarity with them, had previously said that she did not make the poster and had borrowed it from a student to pose with it. “ I merely took the photo from a student and posed with it during the baton charge by the police. I was not wearing my prescription glasses and had sunglasses on, I could not see the photo closely. If I am arrested for this then I am sure another agitation will start,” Sreelekha Mitra said in a video message. - ABOUT THE AUTHORJoydeep ThakurJoydeep Thakur is a Special Correspondent based in Kolkata. He focuses on…
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Named India · Sreelekha Mitra · Bharatiya Janata Party · Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya · Calcutta High Court · Dharmendra Pradhan · Narendra Modi · Saugata Bhattacharya
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