TMC state general secretary Kunal Ghosh said, “We reiterate that Anubrata Mondal made offensive, despicable comments in his conversation with a police officer and used derogatory words against women. We condemned his act and asked him to apologise which he did. Whatever legal action is taken against him, we have nothing to comment, it will be as per the law.””However, what about many similar crass, abusive and offensive comments made in the past by leaders of other opposition parties such as the BJP in the public. Did they even caution those leaders?” he asked.Four of Mondal’s counsel appeared on his behalf at the office of Bolpur SDPO on Saturday.A second notice was sent to the former TMC Birbhum district president asking him to turn up before the police on Sunday around 11 am for questioning.”Mondal is unwell and could not appear today,” one of his counsels said.The TMC on Friday condemned the “derogatory and abusive” language allegedly used by Mondal during the phone conversation with the police officer posted at the Bolpur police station.Mondal later issued a written apology, saying he could never imagine “to insult any police personnel, from an ordinary constable to any senior officer”.An audio clip, purportedly featuring Mondal’s voice, went viral on social media.In the clip, he was allegedly heard threatening Halder that he would be dragged by his hair from his residential quarters to receive a deputation from Mondal’s followers regarding police highhandedness in the area.He also made allegedly offensive, derogatory comments against women.PTI independently could not verify the authenticity of the audio clip.An FIR has been lodged against Mondal under various sections of the BNS, and later, a notice was issued for him at the TMC office, Superintendent of Police Amandeep said.
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