Former TMC minister Giasuddin Molla has filed a police complaint against the party’s second-in-command, Abhishek Banerjee, for alleged threats and intimidation. This comes days after an FIR was registered against Banerjee over alleged provocative speeches during the recent West Bengal Assembly election campaign.

Molla has also filed a complaint against Mithun Kumar Dey, the former Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Diamond Harbour subdivision in South 24 Parganas district. The complaint was filed at a local police station in the Magrahat Paschim Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas.

Molla, who has been a three-time MLA from 2011 to 2026, was denied the party ticket in the recent polls. He was replaced by Shamim Ahamed Molla, one of the 80 TMC legislators in the current Assembly.

Molla alleged that the senior police officer Dey used to take “unwarranted punitive action” against a section of local TMC leaders and workers “unwilling to accept the autocratic manner in which Abhishek Banerjee ran the party”.

He claimed that he earlier feared “attacks and harassment” by his own party, and only decided to file the complaint after the BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari took over as the Chief Minister of the state.

“I was in a state of fear, and so I did not dare open my mouth. I was afraid I might be attacked and heckled by my own party workers. But now I am filing the police complaint because I have faith in the administration led by the new CM,” Molla said.

“A TMC worker was severely beaten by Mithun Kumar Dey. He tortured party workers physically and mentally inside the police station. As the then legislator, I protested. But it did not work out. Instead, Dey scolded me and came running towards me with his baton. I informed both Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee about this. But there was no solution,” Molla alleged.

The Election Commission had earlier barred Dey from any election-related duty.