TMC’s Anubrata Mondal booked over abusive call to cop, family in viral clip

“Liton Haldar, the inspector-in-charge of Bolpur police station, filed a complaint that he was verbally abused by a local TMC leader two days ago. We have filed an FIR. We will take strong legal action. We will take whatever action that can be taken under provisions of law,” Amandeep, superintendent of police, Birbhum, told media on Thursday.

Mondal apologised in less than an hour. “I always help the police. I take a lot of medicines and go to bed early. A party worker woke me up that day saying some of our workers were assaulted but the police took no action. I lost my cool,” Mondal told the media, however, the audio clip had no mention of the alleged incident Mondal referred to.

The TMC, which earlier this month conducted a reshuffle in its district units—removing, among others, Anubrata Mondal, the longest-serving president of the Birbhum district unit and one of the senior lieutenants of party chairperson Mamata Banerjee—pulled up Mondal on Friday.