Kolkata court summons Amit Shah

KOLKATA: A metropolitan magistrate court in Kolkata summoned Bharatiya Janta Party chief Amit Shah in connection with a defamation case filed against him by Trinamool Congress. Trinamool Youth Congress chief Abhishek Banerjee had filed a defamation suit last week, alleging that the BJP president has made slanderous statements against him at a public rally on August 11 in Kolkata. In the legal notice sent to Shah, Banerjee has sought an apology for allegedly making defamatory statements against him, warning that if the BJP chief did not apologise, he will file a criminal defamation case against him. His lawyer Sanjay Basu has claimed that “false statements” against his client has caused grave loss and prejudice to his client's reputation.