On Wednesday, the Calcutta High Court annulled a notice from the state fire and emergency services department that mandated the evacuation of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee’s office. The notice targeted two floors of a high-rise building located on Camac Street in Kolkata. The court’s decision comes amidst ongoing discussions regarding safety regulations and the enforcement of evacuation orders within the city.
The court was hearing a petition by Banerjee challenging the state fire department’s order to vacate the sixth and seventh floors of an eight-storey building at Camac Street. The notice was sent to Rama Devi Goenka, the owner of the two floors, directing her to immediately vacate the occupants. The floors were leased to the Trinamool Youth Congress in March 2020 for 10 years. A case was registered against Banerjee, and police questioned him on September 1. On September 3, a group of armed masked men ransacked Banerjee’s office .
Earlier in August, a scuffle broke out between TMC leaders and workers and the police when a Kolkata Municipal Corporation team removed an allegedly unauthorised TMC billboard from the building where Banerjee’s office is located.
