New Delhi: The Delhi Police has asked for details from X, according to reports, after filing a case against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra over a post on the social media site in which she criticised the National Commission of Women chief Rekha Sharma.

The case is against a comment made by Moitra in a post on July 4, which had a video showing Sharma arrive at the scene of the stampede at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh. Videos showing support staff holding an umbrella over Sharma's head had been circulated multiple times. Moitra later deleted the post.

The NCW took suo motu cognisance of Moitra’s post. It sought a first information report against her, Indian Express has reported.

On X, the apex women's rights body wrote, "These remarks violate women's dignity and attract Section 79 of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023."

The NCW added that it "strongly condemns and demands swift action and has written a formal Letter to Lok Sabha Speaker" Om Birla and the Delhi police.

The Hindu, meanwhile, has reported that the FIR was lodged two days after NCW joint secretary A. Asholi Chalai wrote to Commissioner of Police Sanjay Arora, asking him to take action against the Krishnanagar MP.

The IFSO unit of the Delhi Police registered an FIR against Moitra on July 7.

The police have invoked Section 79 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, which deals with a woman's modesty being outraged.

The IFSO unit told the newspaper that once it gets more details from X, it will decide on whether to summon Moitra to the IFSO’s office in Dwarka.

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