After 13 years, Delhi Police files FIR against Mamata Banerjee in 2013 protest case

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Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee. File | Photo credit: ANI

The case involves the gherao of Banga Bhawan and the Planning Commission office in New Delhi of SFI activists protesting the death of Sudipta Gupta in police custody in Kolkata

Thirteen years after a major student agitation in New Delhi over the death of Students Federation of India (SFI) leader Sudip Gupta in police custody in Kolkata, the Delhi Police on Monday issued a notice to former West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in connection with a case registered during the protest.

According to police officials, a Delhi Police team visited Ms. Banerjee’s residence on Harish Chatterjee Street in Kalighat, Kolkata to file a report.

“A notice has been served under Section 160 of the Indian Penal Code in connection with Case No. 57/13 dated April 9, 2013. A case has been registered at New Delhi’s Parliament Street Police Station under Sections 186, 353, 332,147,149, 34 IPC,” the police said in a statement.

Gherao of Banga Bhawan in 2013 was part of a major student agitation in New Delhi triggered by the death of 22-year-old SFI leader Sudipta Gupta in police custody in Kolkata. On 3 April 2013, hundreds of SFI and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) protesters stormed and attacked Banga Bhawan, an official government guest house in West Bengal on Hailey Road.

Tensions escalated on April 9, 2013 outside the Planning Commission office where the then West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra and Ms. Banerjee had arrived for an official meeting. Protesting Left Front and SFI activists gheraoized the area and allegedly heckled the leader.

Following the incident, the Delhi Police registered a case at the Parliament Street Police Station on April 9 for allegedly obstructing civil servants in the discharge of their duties.

In a notice served on Ms. Banerjee, the Delhi Police asked her to appear at Parliament Street Police Station as a witness and record her statement.

Published – 9 Nov 2026 22:28 IST