The Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate had earlier transferred the case, involving Srijato Bandyapadhyay's poem that allegedly hurt Hindu sentiments, to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Detective Department)
Petitioner Biplab Kumar Chowdhury had lodged a complaint against Bandyopadhyay at the Bidhannagar Police Station around March 21, 2017 for a poem about placing a condom on a Trishul. The Trishul is considered holy by Hindus, particularly Shaivites. After the police refused to take any steps, the petitioner moved the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Barrackpore who directed the Inspector-in-Charge of Airport Police Station on April 1, 2017 to treat the complaint as an FIR and file a compliance report within 24 hours. Acco
Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Detective Department, Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate, to submit a comprehensive report on an investigation into a complaint against poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay for a .