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Humayun Kabir Summoned Over Camac Street TMC Billboard Scuffle
Police want to question Humayun Kabir about a fight at a Trinamool Congress office.
The fight happened on August 27 when officials tried to take down a billboard.
Police say some party supporters resisted and that officers were assaulted.
The charges also include alleged harassment of women police personnel.
Kabir says the billboard was removed without proper notice or procedure.
He told police he would come for questioning on September 7 in the afternoon.
Other TMC leaders, including Abhishek Banerjee and Derek O’Brien, have also been questioned or named in the cases.
Fourteen people have been arrested so far.
Fire officials separately ordered the office’s seventh and eighth floors to be vacated because of safety problems.
Kolkata Police summoned former TMC MLA and ex-IPS officer Humayun Kabir over the August 27 Camac Street office clash.
Police allege the confrontation involved obstruction, unlawful assembly, assault and harassment of women personnel during billboard removal.
Kabir said Kolkata Municipal Corporation officials tried to remove the billboard without prior notice or following due procedure.
Abhishek Banerjee, Derek O’Brien, Kabir and Baishwanar Chatterjee were named as accused in two of three FIRs.
Fourteen people have been arrested, while fire officials ordered two office floors evacuated over safety deficiencies.
- Who
- Former TMC MLA and ex-IPS officer Humayun Kabir, TMC leaders and activists, Kolkata Municipal Corporation officials, and police.
- What
- Police summoned Kabir for questioning over the scuffle during the attempted removal of a TMC billboard.
- Where
- The incident occurred at the TMC office on Camac Street in Kolkata; police served the notice at Kabir’s residence in Kasba.
- When
- The clash occurred on August 27; Kabir was summoned on Sunday and said he would appear on September 7 at 1:30 p.m.
- Why
- Police are investigating allegations of obstructing officials, unlawful assembly, assault, and harassment of women personnel.
Police and official allegations
Kabir and TMC objections
Legality of billboard removal
Police and official allegations
Police and civic officials proceeded to dismantle a billboard described as allegedly illegal and bearing TMC signage.
Kabir and TMC objections
Kabir said the Kolkata Municipal Corporation gave no prior notice or opportunity to remove the billboard through the proper procedure.
Conduct during the confrontation
Police and official allegations
FIRs accuse TMC activists of obstructing officials, assaulting police personnel and harassing or attempting to outrage the modesty of a woman police officer.
Kabir and TMC objections
Derek O’Brien alleged that police entered the office with an illegal notice, assaulted senior leaders and heckled supporters and staff; he called reports of resistance by private guards fake news.
Responsibility for the clash
Police and official allegations
Police named several TMC leaders and activists as accused in FIRs and have arrested 14 people.
Kabir and TMC objections
Kabir argued that cases were registered against party representatives even though, in his account, authorities had not followed the required billboard-removal process.
Key facts
- Person summoned
- Humayun Kabir, former TMC MLA and ex-IPS officer
- Incident date
- August 27
- Investigation station
- Shakespeare Sarani Police Station
- Questioning schedule
- Police notices cited September 8 or September 9, while Kabir said he would appear on September 7 at 1:30 p.m.
- Named accused
- Abhishek Banerjee, Derek O’Brien, Humayun Kabir and Baishwanar Chatterjee were named in two FIRs
- Arrests
- Fourteen people have been arrested
- Fire-safety action
- The seventh and eighth floors of the Camac Street office were ordered evacuated
Quotes
Humayun Kabir
Former Trinamool Congress legislator and former IPS officer
“They (the Kolkata Municipal Corporation officials) had come there to destroy the billboard. I was an officer of the law. I know the rules.”
indianexpress.com
“And now cases have been registered against us”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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