The tweet was deleted after Kolkata Police faced online backlash over its post, with several X users sharing the videos on their respective timelines and slamming the police for its ‘overreaction’ and ‘intolerance’ to seek personal details of an X user over the video.
Many social media users shared the video quoting the police’s tweet seeking details of the X user who had shared the meme featuring Mamata Banerjee.
Kolkata Police is giving warning to those accounts who are posting this video of Mamata Banerjee.
— Sunanda Roy 👑 (@SaffronSunanda) May 6, 2024
I request you t don't post and share this video. please 🙏🏻 https://t.co/M54bA75q3L pic.twitter.com/tf132VAEJj
Kolkata Police is giving warning for posting this funny video on CM Mamata Banerjee.
— Facts (@BefittingFacts) May 6, 2024
Please dont share 🙏🏻pic.twitter.com/gQVkQaVjWq https://t.co/2076BrSvoM
Inko Mamata Banerjee aur Kolkata police se darr nahin lagta? pic.twitter.com/9z7w93hGSz
— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) May 6, 2024
“You are directed to immediately disclose your identity including name and residence. If the information sought is not revealed, you shall be liable for legal action u/s 42 CrPC,” the official X account of the DCP Crime Branch of Kolkata Police tweeted.
The tweet was in response to a spoof video on Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal and the chief of Trinamool Congress. The video, which shows Mamata Banerjee dancing to a song, had gone viral on social media and garnered over 400 retweets.
“It has been observed that you are using social media for posting offensive, malicious and inciting posts,” a notice to the said user by Kolkata Police said. “You are hereby directed to delete the above-mentioned post and also refrain from such acts failing which you will be liable for strict penal action under the relevant provision of laws.”
