Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:48pm on 17 Sep 2026,Thursday Politics
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has approached a United Nations rights body alleging that senior Muslim IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal were excluded from official events linked to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visits because of their religion. Moitra flagged the issue with the UN Special Rapporteur on Minorities in a social media post, alleging Muslim officers were kept away from events attended by Shah in north Bengal. She named Siliguri Police Commissioner Waquar Raza, West Bengal Police Special Task Force chief Jawed Shamim and IAS officer Khalil Ahmed. A complaint was later filed against Moitra in Diamond Harbour over the post, after which cybercrime police summoned her for questioning. (PC: PTI)
