Delhi Police serves notice to West Bengal’s former CM Mamata Banerjee in 13-year-old case; asked to appear as witness

10 Nov 2026, 04:56 by Vaishnavi Verma · KalingaTV

Kolkata: Delhi Police issues a notice to West Bengal’s former Chief Minster Mamata Banerjee in connection with a 13-year-old case related to an alleged assault during a protest in New Delhi in 2013.

The police have asked her to cooperate in the investigation and record her statement as a witness and she is not an accused in the case.

Banerjee’s residence was visited by a team of Kolkata’s Kalighat Police Station with members of Delhi Police, on November 9, to hand over the notice.

As she can be summoned under Section 160 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), the notice permits her to meet the investigating officer at a place and time suitable to her.

The case relates to an incident on April 9, 2013, when Banerjee, then the West Bengal Chief Minister, visited the Planning Commission office in Delhi along with then State Finance Minister Amit Mitra.

The visit coincided with a protest by Students’ Federation of India (SFI) activists over the custodial death of student leader Sudipta Gupta in Kolkata.

During the confrontation, Mitra was allegedly heckled and manhandled by protesters.

An FIR was filed at the Parliament Street Police Station, and some of the SFI workers, along with its then general secretary, Ritabrata Banerjee, were apprehended.

Delhi Police has now recorded statements of the eyewitnesses in the case.

Delhi Police serves notice to West Bengal’s former CM Mamata Banerjee in 13-year-old case; asked to appear as witness

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