After the Bombay High Court rejected her request for relief, a magistrate’s court in this city ordered police to look into a complaint against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly disrespecting the national anthem.
The Cuff Parade police station in south Mumbai was given a directive by Metropolitan Magistrate (Sewree court) P I Mokashi to undertake an investigation and submit a report by April 28.
Vivekanand Gupta, a local BJP official, filed a complaint with the magistrate’s court stating that Banerjee did not quickly stand up while the national anthem was sung at an event here during her visit in December 2021.