Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and former judge of Calcutta High Court Abhijit Gangopadhyay has filed a plea before Calcutta High Court to quash the first information report (FIR) registered against him in an 'attempt to murder' case. .The case was mentioned today by Gangopadhyay's counsel, advocate Rajdeep Majumdar, before a Bench of Justice Jay Sengupta.The counsel alleged that the present FIR was politically motivated to stop Gangopadhyay from campaigning for the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha elections.The Court listed the case for hearing on May 14, Tuesday..The plea besides seeking the quashing of the FIR, has also sought directions to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into the matter.The State police had lodged the FIR against Gangopadhyay for allegedly assaulting dismissed school employees at their protest site.Gangopadhyay was booked for attempt to murder and other offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) after a complaint by certain teaching and non-teaching staff members who lost their jobs following a ruling from the Calcutta High Court in the school jobs for cash scam case. .The altercation reportedly took place on May 4 when Gangopadhyay, accompanied by party colleague Suvendu Adhikari, spearheaded a rally before submitting his nomination papers for the Tamluk Lok Sabha seat.Throughout the rally, certain BJP supporters allegedly assaulted teachers who were protesting after they lost their jobs in the wake of the High Court ruling.
