India, May 15 -- Police on Thursday launched search operations at two houses of TMC MLA Dilip Mondal in West Bengal for making "provocative remarks and issuing threats" to BJP workers in a purported video, a senior officer said.

Personnel from the Diamond Harbour Police District, accompanied by central forces, reached the Bishnupur legislator's residence at Pailan area in South 24 Parganas district in the morning, he said.

"Searches are being carried out as part of an ongoing investigation based on specific allegations mentioned in FIRs. All necessary steps are being taken in accordance with the law," the police officer told PTI.

In the now-viral videos, Mondal is seen making threatening remarks against BJP workers during a public rall...