An FIR has been lodged against BJP Rajya Sabha MP Roopa Ganguly and a police inquiry was initiated against state BJP President Dilip Ghosh for their utterances widely believed to be hate speeches.

The FIR was lodged against Ganguly at the Nimta police station under Barrackpore police commssionerate yesterday for her reportedly controversial remark that wives and daughters in Bengal cannot survive for 15 days without getting raped, a senior police officer of the commisionerate told PTI today.

The complainant said she felt “threatened” and her “modesty was outraged” by Ganguly’s remark.