Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Expired Fire Certificate Prompts Notice to Seal Abhishek Office
Fire officials in West Bengal sent a warning to an office used by the Trinamool Congress.
The office is in a building on Camac Street in Kolkata.
It occupies the building’s sixth and seventh floors.
The floors are leased by Abhishek Banerjee.
Officials said there were serious alleged fire-safety problems.
These included an expired fire certificate and problems with storage.
The notice gives the occupants 48 hours to respond or face evacuation and sealing.
The action came days after a dispute over removing an alleged unauthorised hoarding at the party office.
The West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services Directorate issued a show-cause notice on Tuesday.
The notice targets the sixth and seventh floors of 9, Camac Street, Central Kolkata.
The premises are leased by TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and used as party offices.
Authorities cited alleged severe fire-safety violations, including an expired fire certificate and storage lapses.
The notice warns that the premises could be evacuated and sealed within 48 hours.
- Who
- The West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services Directorate issued the notice to the owner and occupiers of the relevant floors, which are leased by Abhishek Banerjee.
- What
- A show-cause notice warned that the premises could be evacuated and sealed within 48 hours over alleged severe fire-safety violations.
- When
- The notice was issued on Tuesday, days after a ruckus over the removal of an alleged unauthorised hoarding.
- Where
- The sixth and seventh floors of 9, Camac Street, in Central Kolkata.
- Why
- Officials cited an expired fire certificate, storage lapses and other alleged fire-safety violations.
- Issuing authority
- West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services Directorate
- Notice date
- Tuesday
- Premises
- Sixth and seventh floors of 9, Camac Street, Central Kolkata
- Occupant
- Trinamool Congress party offices
- Leaseholder
- Abhishek Banerjee
- Potential action
- Evacuation and sealing within 48 hours
- Cited concerns
- Alleged severe fire-safety violations, including an expired fire certificate and storage lapses