India, May 21 -- A fresh legal controversy has surfaced around Bengali actor-director Parambrata Chatterjee and actress Swastika Mukherjee after a complaint and application seeking an FIR were filed against them at Kolkata's Gariahat Police Station.

Allegations linked to 2021 post-poll violence

The complaint, filed by Joydeep Sen, accuses the two actors of allegedly inciting violence in the aftermath of the 2021 West Bengal Assembly election results.

The complainant has alleged that the comments contributed to an atmosphere of hostility and encouraged attacks against political opponents during the tense post-poll period.

The application also links the alleged remarks to the murder of BJP worker Abhijit Sarkar, claiming the online comm...