Archive · 6 Sep 2026
Kolkata Police Summon Former TMC MLA Over Billboard Office 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 remove a billboard.
Police say some party supporters stopped officials and attacked or harassed police personnel.
The police also named several political figures in two of the cases.
Fourteen people have been arrested so far.
Kabir says the billboard should not have been removed without proper notice and procedure.
Derek O’Brien says police entered the office with an illegal notice and that reports about resistance by guards were false.
Fire officials separately ordered the seventh and eighth floors of the office to be vacated because of safety problems.
Kolkata Police summoned former TMC MLA and ex-IPS officer Humayun Kabir over the August 27 scuffle at the party office.
The dispute began when Kolkata Municipal Corporation personnel, accompanied by police, attempted to remove a TMC billboard from the Camac Street building.
Police allege that party activists obstructed officials, formed an unlawful assembly, assaulted police personnel and harassed a woman officer.
Kabir, Derek O’Brien and other TMC figures said the billboard removal was carried out without prior notice or due procedure; O’Brien called the police action illegal.
Abhishek Banerjee, Derek O’Brien, Humayun Kabir and Baishwanar Chatterjee were named in two FIRs, 14 people were arrested, and fire officials ordered two office floors evacuated.
- Who
- Former TMC MLA and ex-IPS officer Humayun Kabir, TMC leaders and activists, Kolkata Municipal Corporation officials, Kolkata Police and fire officials.
- What
- Police summoned Kabir for questioning over a scuffle during the attempted removal of a TMC billboard.
- When
- The scuffle occurred on August 27; the summons was issued on Sunday, September 6, with police citing September 8 or September 9 and Kabir saying he would appear on September 7 at 1:30 p.m.
- Where
- The incident occurred at the TMC office on Camac Street in Kolkata, and the summons was served at Kabir’s residence in Kasba.
- Why
- Police are investigating alleged obstruction of officials, unlawful assembly, assault and harassment of women personnel during the billboard removal.
Police and civic officials
Kabir and TMC objections
Billboard removal procedure
Police and civic officials
Kolkata Municipal Corporation personnel, accompanied by police, dismantled a billboard described as allegedly illegal and bearing TMC signage.
Kabir and TMC objections
Humayun Kabir said officials provided no prior notice or opportunity to remove the billboard through the proper procedure.
Conduct during the scuffle
Police and civic officials
Police allege that TMC activists obstructed officials, assaulted police personnel and attempted to outrage the modesty of a woman police officer.
Kabir and TMC objections
Derek O’Brien alleged that police entered with an illegal notice, assaulted senior leaders and heckled supporters and staff; he called reports of resistance by private guards false.
Responsibility for the incident
Police and civic officials
Police named several TMC figures as accused in FIRs and have arrested 14 people.
Kabir and TMC objections
Kabir said cases were registered against party representatives even though, in his account, authorities had not followed the required billboard-removal process.
- Person summoned
- Humayun Kabir, former TMC MLA and ex-IPS officer
- Investigating station
- Shakespeare Sarani Police Station
- Incident date
- August 27
- Questioning schedule
- Police notices cited September 8 or September 9; 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 of three FIRs
- Arrests
- Fourteen people have been arrested
- Fire-safety action
- The seventh and eighth floors of the Camac Street office were ordered evacuated
Sources
TMC billboard row: Former MLA, ex-IPS Humayun Kabir summoned for questioning
Kolkata Police issue summons to former TMC MLA Humayun Kabir over scuffle at party office
After Derek O’Brien, Abhishek Banerjee, cops summon Humayun Kabir in Camac Street case
