Kolkata, Feb. 27 -- A sexual harassment case has been registered against CPI(M) leader and advocate Firdous Shamim in a police station here, an officer said on Friday.
According to police sources, a junior woman advocate lodged a written complaint at the Hare Street police station in central Kolkata on Wednesday, accusing Shamim of sexual harassment, making obscene remarks, and engaging in inappropriate physical conduct.
Based on her complaint, a case has been registered under sections 74, 75, 79, 351(2), and 126(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which include charges related to outraging modesty, sexual harassment, criminal intimidation, and wrongful confinement. Several of the sections invoked are non-bailable.
Confirming the developm...