Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Swastika Mukherjee booked over controversial 2021 social media posts
Updated On: 22 May, 2026 08:31 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Parambrata Chattopadhyay and Swastika Mukherjee are facing an FIR over alleged provocative social media posts from 2021. The complaint claims the posts contributed to political hostility during West Bengal’s post-poll violence

Parambrata Chattopadhyay and Swastika Mukherjee (Pics from their Instagram handles)
Bengali actors Parambrata Chattopadhyay and Swastika Mukherjee have landed in legal trouble over their social media posts from 2021. An FIR has been filed in West Bengal based on a complaint received on their social media posts, reveals the police on Thursday. Allegedly, the posts published by the actors were provocative in nature and the timing of it was considered to have the potential to incite violence.
About the complaint
The complaint against the popular actors was filed at Gariahat police station by advocate Joydeep Sen, who alleged that the actors had made remarks on social media that could have incited political violence in the charged atmosphere following the assembly election results in May 2021.
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