India, Sept. 3 -- Alleging that police were being misused in West Bengal to target her party's leaders and activists, TMC Rajya Sabha deputy leader Sagarika Ghose on Wednesday said authorities were failing to upload FIRs online and serve mandatory notices to the accused.

Addressing a press conference, Ghose said the Supreme Court has directed police to upload FIRs online so an accused can know the allegations against them, but this direction is not being followed.

She said the FIRs should be uploaded in a manner that makes them clearly legible, alleging that police were deliberately not making them available online.

Ghose also referred to provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita under which an accused in cases carrying a punishment of...