Actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty grilled by Kolkata Police over election speech

An FIR was registered against the actor in Maniktala for his speech. He had made a controversial statement “maarbo ekhane lash porbe soshane” & “ek chobole chobi” during an election rally at Brigade Parade Grounds on March 7 in presence of PM Narendra Modi.

KOLKATA: Veteran Bollywood actor and Bengal BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty was on Wednesday grilled by the Kolkata Police in connection with a controversial speech made by him while campaigning for the recently concluded West Bengal assembly polls. The actor had reportedly made a controversial statement “maarbo ekhane lash porbe soshane” and “ek chobole chobi” during an election rally at the Brigade Parade Grounds on March 7 in presence of PM Narendra Modi. An FIR was also registered against the actor in Maniktala for his speech. The complainant claimed in his FIR that the actor had used dialogues like "marbo ekhane lash porbe shoshane (I will hit you here and the body will fall in the crematorium)" and "ek chobole chabi (just one snakebite and you will become a photograph) during a BJP campaign rally at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata for the West Bengal assembly elections.