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Police Summon Abhishek Banerjee Again in Camac Street Billboard Case
Police have asked Abhishek Banerjee to come in for questioning again.
They delivered the notice at his home in Kalighat on Sunday.
He is asked to go to Shakespeare Sarani Police Station on Monday.
The case is about a scuffle on August 27 at his office on Camac Street.
City workers and police had gone there to remove a billboard.
Police say Trinamool Congress activists assaulted officers and made an alleged attempt to outrage a woman officer’s modesty.
Banerjee has already answered questions for more than six hours.
Police have arrested 14 people, and a Trinamool spokesperson criticized the timing of the notice.
Kolkata Police served Abhishek Banerjee with a fresh notice at his Kalighat residence on Sunday, asking him to appear for questioning on Monday.
The case concerns an August 27 scuffle during an attempt by Kolkata Municipal Corporation staff and police to remove a billboard from Banerjee’s Camac Street office.
Three FIRs were registered at Shakespeare Sarani Police Station following a complaint by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Police accuse Trinamool Congress activists of assaulting on-duty personnel and attempting to outrage a woman police officer’s modesty; 14 people have been arrested.
Banerjee has already been questioned for more than six hours; Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh condemned the timing of the new notice.
- Who
- Kolkata Police served a notice to Abhishek Banerjee, a Trinamool Congress leader and Diamond Harbour MP.
- What
- The notice asks Banerjee to appear for another round of questioning in the Camac Street billboard case.
- Where
- The notice was delivered to Banerjee’s Kalighat residence; questioning is to take place at Shakespeare Sarani Police Station.
- When
- The notice was served on Sunday, with questioning requested for Monday; the scuffle occurred on August 27.
- Why
- The notice follows a Kolkata Municipal Corporation complaint about a scuffle during an attempt to remove a billboard from Banerjee’s Camac Street office.
Police account
Trinamool response
Reason for the investigation
Police account
Police are investigating the scuffle following the KMC complaint and accuse Trinamool activists of assaulting on-duty personnel and attempting to outrage a woman police officer’s modesty.
Trinamool response
Trinamool spokesperson and MLA Kunal Ghosh condemned the police move, saying a notice had been served just days before Durga Puja.
Key facts
- Notice served
- Sunday at Banerjee’s Kalighat residence
- Requested appearance
- Monday at Shakespeare Sarani Police Station
- Incident date
- August 27
- Incident
- Scuffle during an attempt to remove a billboard from Banerjee’s Camac Street office
- FIRs
- Three registered at Shakespeare Sarani Police Station
- Prior questioning
- Banerjee has been questioned for more than six hours
- Arrests
- Police say 14 people have been arrested
- Notice-visit dates reported
- Articles give differing dates for an earlier unsuccessful visit: October 7 and October 8
Quotes
Kunal Ghosh
AITC spokesperson and MLA
“The BJP (government) has stooped so low that a notice has been served even after Mahalaya when the Durga Puja is just days away.”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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