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Business To Business, Kolkata, 23rd May, 2026: Swastika Mukherjee was questioned by police on Saturday in connection with a case related to alleged social media posts made after the declaration of the 2021 West Bengal Assembly election results, officials said.
According to police sources, Mukherjee was questioned for nearly an hour at the Gariahat Police Station in south Kolkata.
The complaint, filed on May 21 by an advocate, also names Parambrata Chattopadhyay. It alleges that social media remarks made by the two actors after the 2021 poll results contributed to an atmosphere that fuelled post-election violence in the state.
The case relates to the politically sensitive period following the 2021 Assembly elections, when incidents of violence and clashes were reported from several parts of West Bengal after the results were announced.