SC stays 2 FIRs against BJP leader over scuffle

New Delhi, Jan. 13: The Supreme Court Wednesday stayed proceedings on two FIRs lodged against West Bengal BJP leader Kabir Shankar Bose after perusing CISF’s special incident report on the scuffle between his security staff and Trinamul Congress (TMC) workers.

The top court also sought response from the West Bengal government and the state police on the plea filed by Bose, seeking probe by an independent agency.

A bench of Justices S.K. Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy issued notice to the state government.

During the hearing, senior advocates Mahesh Jethmalani, Anupam Lal Das and advocate Sameer Kumar, appearing for Bose, said that as directed by the top court in its last hearing, the CISF has filed its report in a sealed cover describing the incident of December 6 last year.

Additional solicitor-general Vikramjit Banerjee, appearing for the Centre, also confirmed that the CISF report has been filed as directed by the top court.

On January 5, the top court had asked the Centre to place on record the special incident report filed by CISF on an alleged scuffle between the TMC workers and security staff of Bose.

The top court had also sought in sealed cover the movement logbook of the leader pertaining to the day of incident. A Special Incident Report, or SIR, is a formal report filed with the regional centre whenever a person served by the regional centre is involved in an unusual event, such as a crime or injury.