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The minister has been booked under Section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman).
Supriyo on Tuesday received summons from the Alipore police station late in the evening. Meanwhile, he sent a legal notice to Moitra, two Trinamool MPs for "defaming" him.
"I have initiated a defamation case against three senior leaders of Trinamool Congress, including Sougata Roy, Mahua Moitra and Tapas Pal. Being a soft target I am subjected to mindless allegations in Bengal by Trinamool Congress leaders. Now, they are labeling allegations against me on national television. No one can go on maligning a person like this. So, I have decided to file a defamation case against them and my lawyer has sent legal notices," the singer-turned-politician said.
"In a talk show on a national television channel, Mahua Moitra was going on accusing me and the prime minister of laundering money to foreign country.At one point, I told her `Mahua are you on mahua (mahua is a fruit which is used in country liquor in rural Bengal and adjoining areas)? But, it was said in zest," Supriyo told ET. The summons asked Supriyo to appear before the police on January 12.
"I have communicated to them that I would not be in Kolkata on January 12. I have a programme to attend in my constituency in Asansol. But I will surely go as and when I am free," he said.
Moitra lodged the complaint on January 4 and recorded her statement under Section 164 (recording statement and confession).
Moitra, referring to the minister's comment, stated in her complaint: "This comment made on live national television made the claim that I was apparently intoxicated on country liquor while on the programme. These words have caused me great offense and distress."
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