Tathagata Roy lodges complaint against Saayoni Ghosh

Former Tripura Governor and Bengal BJP leader Tathagata Roy filed a police complaint against Tollywood actress Saayoni Ghosh for allegedly hurting his religious sentiments.
 

Tathagata Roy lodged the complaint against Saayoni Ghosh at Rabindra Sarobar police station on Saturday (January 16). 
 

According to sources, the Bengal BJP leader’s complaint is related to an image shared from Saayoni Ghosh’s Twitter handle in 2015. The images show a Shivling used for an AIDS awareness advertisement.
 

In the complaint, Tathagata Roy wrote, “I am an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva and I have travelled to Kailash-Mansarovar in Tibet on foot in 196 to offer puja to him. The enclosed picture has seriously insulted my religious beliefs. This is an offence u/s 25A IPC, among other laws. I, therefore, request you to take cognizance of the offence and initiate appropriate proceedings against the said Saayoni Ghosh."

Tathagata Roy also said that another person from Bangalore has complained to the police about the same matter.

Responding to Tathagata Roy, Saayoni Ghosh said, “The moment I was made aware of that the post, I heavily criticized it and deleted it immediately after informing the public. I never had any intention to hurt the sentiment of my own religion.”