India, July 29 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's allegation that the Delhi police physically tortured a toddler and his mother on July 26 during the ongoing drive against migrant workers from her state on the suspicion that they were illegal Bangladeshi immigrants triggered a row on Tuesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party lodging a police complaint against her in the national capital.

In the complaint letter, a copy of which was seen by HT, Banerjee was charged with "dissemination of fake and communally provocative content on social media intended to defame the Delhi Police and disturb public order."

It was filed on Tuesday afternoon at the cyber crime branch at the Delhi police headquarters by Soumendu Adhikari, the BJP L...