• Calcutta HC stays proceedings in FIR against news channel anchor
    Indian Express | 28 February 2024
  • The Calcutta High Court on Monday stayed proceedings for 12 weeks in an FIR registered against a senior official and host of a show at a Bengali news channel over reporting on violence-hit Sandeshkhali.

    The official had moved the HC challenging a notice by the police to appear before the investigating officer in connection with the FIR filed at the Sandeshkhali police station.

    Suman Dey, the host of ‘Ghanta Khanek Sange Suman’ and a senior vice-president of ABP Ananda, was booked based on a complaint filed by Sub-Inspector Mohammad Monaim Hassan on February 17. The case was filed against him under Sections 153 and 505 of the Indian Penal Code.

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