Senior BJP leader and former Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy has registered a police complaint against Bengali actor Saayoni Ghosh for sharing a meme hurting Hindu sentiments.
However, Sayoni Ghosh claimed the meme dates back to February 2015, and was not posted by her. The post was posted by someone who hacked her account then.
Mr Roy on Twitter wrote, "You have thus committed an offence under Section 295A IPC. Now, be prepared for the consequences.”
"@sayani06, you have already been reported to Kolkata Police. The complaint is attached. Meanwhile, a person from Guwahati has told me that his religious feelings have been hurt by your meme and he is filing a complaint. I hope Assam Police will take cognizance and ask for remand," he added.
The senior BJP leader also said that another person has also complained about the matter to the police in Bengaluru.
Responding to the complaint, the actress tweeted: "Dear all, a post from 2015 has been brought to my extremely obnoxious notice... for all your information, I have joined Twitter in 2010 and after a brief use I lost interest in carrying forward. However, the account remained."
The actress later discovered that her account had been hacked and immediate action was needed.
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She said, "For various reasons, we could only do that after 2017 and I got back in touch with the Twitter world with a bang. We have skipped a few unnecessary posts while deleting most.”
Mr Roy had also taken exception to a recent comment by Ms Ghosh over the chant of ''Jai Sri Ram'' by motorcycle-borne youths.