KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court, on Friday, sought report from Kolkata Police on the alleged heckling of the Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari by a section of the booth-level officers (BLOs) in front of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.
A division bench of the Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen, directed the state police to submit a report in the matter by March 5, acting on a petition filed by Adhikari accusing the city police personnel of making no effort to prevent the BLOs from heckling him at the gate of CEO's office on Tuesday.
The division bench of Justice Paul and Justice Sen also directed the Kolkata Police to inform the court on the actions taken against the BLOs concerned.
The division bench directed the city police to submit a detailed report on the matter to the court by March 5, the date of the next hearing in the matter.