Rural poll violence: Cops can act against Suvendu as per law

SETTING aside the earlier order of the Calcutta High Court’s single-bench giving Suvendu Adhikari protection from FIRs against him, a division bench on Thursday allowed Bengal police to lodge complaints against the Leader of Opposition allegedly for making provocative statements during the recently concluded panchayat polls.

- PRANAB MONDAL

The high court’s order on Thursday said that an FIR can be lodged by the police if they have proper information. “The police can act as per the law,” said the division bench. The court, however, restricted police from taking any coercive action against Adhikari without permission.