Case Slapped on BJP Leader For Announcing Rs 11L Bounty on Mamata

Asked if the BJP youth wing leader can be arrested, the officer said “If it is required, we will arrest him.”

A Trinamool Congress (TMC) counsellor on Wednesday lodged a police complaint against BJP youth wing leader Yogesh Varshney for announcing a Rs 11 lakh bounty in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's head.

Manjushree Majumdar, Trinamool Congress counsellor of ward no 83 in the Kalighat area, where the Chief Minister resides, lodged a complaint with the Kalighat Police Station against Varshney, a senior officer of the force said.

We have received a complaint from the counsellor of ward no 83 against Varshney. We are looking into it.

Police Official