FIR filed against Mithun Chakraborty over ‘provocative’ speech on Muslims in West Bengal

Actor-turned-BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty has landed himself into trouble as a case was registered against him in Bidhannagar Police on Wednesday (November 6) for allegedly making a provocative speech during a party event in North 24 Parganas district last month.

Police case against actor-politician Mithun Chakraborty on ‘provocative’ speech

The complaint filed against Mithun’s speech at a BJP gathering in Salt Lake’s EZCC on October 27 is the subject of the complaint, which led to the filing of a formal complaint at the Bidhannagar South police station.

Earlier this year, the actor was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and was declared on October 27 that ‘masnad’ (throne) of West Bengal would belong to the BJP after the 2026 Assembly elections, vowing to do whatever it takes to achieve this goal.

Mithun Chakraborty issues an open threat of violence against Muslims, saying "A day will come when we will cut you…bury you in your own land"

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Mithun warned that no one should try to scare saffron party supporters into not casting a ballot in the upcoming Assembly elections, seemingly in response to TMC MLA Humayun Kabir’s anti-BJP communal comments made during the Lok Sabha polls.

Even Union Home Minister Amit Shah graced the event and organised to kick off the West Bengal leg of the BJP’s membership drive. A senior officer of Bidhannagar police stated, “We have started an investigation into the case.”

However, Mithun has not yet commented on the matter so far and on the other hand, BJP state president and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar called the FIR a case of “vendetta politics”. Speaking to PTI, he stated, “There is nothing provocative in his speech. These are nothing but attempts to intimidate him by using police as a political tool.”

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