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CM Mamata Banerjee's morphed photo case: BJYM leader seeks bail

| @indiablooms | May 13, 2019, at 03:53 pm

New Delhi, May 12 (UNI) Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leader, Priyanka Sharma, on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking bail in connection with her arrest for allegedly posting Mamata Bannerjee's morphed photo on Priyanka Chopra's image on Facebook.

"The apex court should hear my matter urgently. I need relief," Sharma's lawyer, on Monday mentioned before the court vacation bench, headed by Justice Indira Banerjee, who said we would hear it on Tuesday.

Priyanka Sharma was arrested on May 10 by the West Bengal Police and subsequently sent to judicial custody for allegedly posting the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee's morphed photo on Priyanka Chopra's image on Facebook.

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