A Kolkata court has summoned BJP president Amit Shah over his comments about Mamata Banerjee's nephew TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee during his August 11 rally in the state capital.

Based on a criminal defamation case filed by Abhishek, the chief metropolitan magistrate at Kolkata's Bankshal court has asked the BJP chief to present himself before the court on September 28.

On August 13, Abhishek Banerjee had served a legal notice to Shah demanding an unconditional apology for his "slanderous" remarks. Addressing party workers at BJP's "Yuva Swabhiman Samavesh" earlier this month, he had launched a direct attack on the TMC leader accusing him of corruption.

"Narada, Saradha, Rose Valley, syndicate's corruption, nephew's corruption...a series of corruption have been carried out under Mamata ji," Shah had said. He had even accused the Mamata Banerjee government of using central government funds to the tune of Rs 3,59,000 crore to financially benefit her nephew.

With the BJP chief refusing to tender any apology, Banerjee had filed a criminal defamation case (complaint No. 77441/2018) under Section 500 of Indian penal Code (IPC) before the chief metropolitan magistrate on Tuesday.

Vehemently denying the allegations, Banerjee's advocate Sanjay Basu had called it a "malicious attempt to tarnish" Banerjee's image.



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