Kolkata, May 30 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday distanced itself from party leader Anubrata Mondal's alleged use of abusive language during a phone call with a police officer and condemned the remarks as 'unacceptable', directing him to issue an apology.

An audio clip of the conversation recently went viral on social media, prompting Birbhum police to file an FIR against Mondal.

In a post on X, TMC posted, "The party unequivocally disassociates and does not endorse the comments made by Anubrata Mondal against a police officer. We strongly condemn his use of derogatory and unacceptable abusive language."

The party further instructed, "The party hereby instructs him to tender an unconditional apology within the next four hours,...