West Bengal Police on Friday registered a case against former state minister Humayun Kabir for claims he purportedly made in a video widely shared online, The Indian Express reported.

The Trinamool Congress had on Thursday shared a video on social media that purportedly showed Kabir claiming that he and the Bharatiya Janata Party had agreed to a Rs 1,000 crore-deal to help topple the Mamata Banerjee government in the state and mislead the Muslim community.

Kabir is the founder and chief of the Aam Janata Unnayan Party.

The first information report was registered at the Suri police station in Birbhum district based on a complaint by Haji Mohammad Parvez Siddiqui, the national president of the Rashtriya Alpasankhayak Arakshan Morcha.

The complaint accused Kabir of promoting communal disharmony and attempting to disturb law and order ahead of the Assembly elections, the newspaper reported.

The Assembly elections in the state will be held in two phases on April 23 and April 29. The counting of votes will take place on May 4.

On Thursday, Kabir refuted the allegations, claiming that the video was an artificial intelligence-generated deepfake and part of a political smear campaign. The BJP also refuted the allegations, with party leader Amit Shah saying that the Hindutva party and Kabir can never align.

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen had on Friday ended its alliance with the Aam Janata Unnayan Party for the state polls following the controversy.