The West Bengal Police on Tuesday filed a case against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari after he claimed to have access to ca...
The West Bengal Police on Tuesday filed a case against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari after he claimed to have access to calls that an officer received from the office of Abhishek Banerjee, a Trinamool Congress leader and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew, PTI reported.
Adhikari had made the claims at a BJP rally in Tamluk town on Monday. He also issued a warning to the officer, East Midnapore Superintendent of Police Amarnath K.
The BJP leader referred to the police officer as a “young boy”, according to India Today. “I know all that he is up to, I am a veteran player,” Adhikari said. “I want to tell him that you are a central cadre officer so don’t indulge in anything for which you may get posted in Anantnag or Baramulla in Kashmir.”
Adhikari added: “I have each and every call record, phone numbers of all those who call you from the nephew’s [Abhishek Banerjee’s] office. If you have the state government with you, we have the central government with us.”
The BJP leaders claim came amid a huge political row in the country about the use of Israeli software Pegasus to spy on Opposition leaders, journalists and activists.
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