Prophet remarks: Kolkata Police asks Nupur Sharma to look; plea filed in SC towards suspended BJP chief

By PTI

KOLKATA: Kolkata Police on Wednesday turned down the request of Nupur Sharma to grant her one other 4 weeks’ time to look earlier than its sleuths in reference to summonses issued to her over circumstances filed towards the suspended BJP spokesperson for her controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammed, a senior officer mentioned.

She was requested to look earlier than Kolkata Police officers “without wasting much time”, he mentioned.

“Nupur Sharma has mailed us seeking some more time for appearing before our officers citing security reasons. But we do not think there is any possibility of an attack on Sharma. We have asked her to appear as soon as possible,” the officer mentioned.

Kolkata Police had on Saturday issued a lookout discover for Sharma after she failed to look earlier than its officers regardless of being summoned 4 instances.

Sharma has failed to look earlier than officers of Amherst Street Police Station and Narkeldanga Police Station regardless of being summoned by them two instances every following which the lookout discover was issued.

Amherst Street and Narkeldanga police stations had individually issued summonses to Sharma after FIRs had been lodged towards her in June.

Citing her apprehensions of doable assaults on her if she involves Kolkata, Sharma had emailed the 2 police stations searching for 4 weeks’ time to look earlier than them.

A plea searching for the arrest of Sharma was talked about earlier than the Supreme Court on Wednesday for an pressing listening to.

A trip bench comprising justices Indira Banerjee and J Okay Maheshwari advised the counsel to say the plea earlier than the Registrar first.

A criticism was made to the police, however no motion has been taken up to now, the lawyer mentioned.

““Why mention it before the vacation bench. Mention it before the Registrar”, the bench advised the lawyer.

The plea has been filed by lawyer Abu Sohel searching for an ‘impartial, credible and neutral investigation’ into the incident.

Another trip bench of Justices Surya Kant and J B Pardiwala had on July 1 severely reprimanded Sharma for her feedback towards Prophet Mohammed, saying her “loose tongue” has “set the entire country on fire” and that she was “single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country”.

Refusing to entertain Sharma’s plea for clubbing FIRs lodged in varied states towards her for the remarks, the bench had mentioned they had been made both for affordable publicity, political agenda, or some nefarious actions.