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Abhishek Banerjee Questioned Five Hours in Billboard Scuffle Case
Abhishek Banerjee went to a police station in Kolkata after receiving a summons.
Police questioned him for about five hours.
The case is about a scuffle that allegedly happened when officials removed an unauthorised billboard.
The billboard was outside a Trinamool Congress office on Camac Street.
Banerjee arrived around 12:15 p.m.
and left around 5:30 p.m.
Supporters gathered outside and shouted slogans for him.
Banerjee said the case was politically motivated.
He also criticised Suvendu Adhikari and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He claimed the authorities should have acted as quickly on other public-safety issues.
Diamond Harbour Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee was questioned for about five hours at Shakespeare Sarani police station.
The questioning followed his response to summons in a case involving an alleged scuffle during billboard removal.
The incident occurred last week as officials removed an unauthorised billboard from the party office on Camac Street.
Banerjee arrived around 12:15 p.m. and left around 5:30 p.m. after his statement was recorded.
He accused Suvendu Adhikari and the Bharatiya Janata Party of using police action for political vendetta.
- Who
- Diamond Harbour Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee was questioned by police; he later criticised Suvendu Adhikari and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- What
- Banerjee gave a statement in a case concerning an alleged scuffle during the removal of an unauthorised billboard.
- Where
- Shakespeare Sarani police station in Kolkata, following an incident at a Trinamool Congress office on Camac Street.
- When
- Tuesday; the billboard-removal incident occurred the previous week.
- Why
- He appeared in response to a police summons related to the scuffle case.
Police Case
Banerjee's Response
Basis for questioning
Police Case
Police summoned Banerjee in connection with an alleged scuffle involving Kolkata Municipal Corporation officials and police during the removal of an unauthorised billboard.
Banerjee's Response
Banerjee said the case had no substance and was being pursued as political vendetta.
Political motive
Police Case
The reported police action focused on recording Banerjee's statement in the billboard-removal case.
Banerjee's Response
Banerjee accused Suvendu Adhikari and the Bharatiya Janata Party of using the police to harass him and Trinamool Congress workers.
Deployment and priorities
Police Case
Officials and police removed the unauthorised billboard from the party office, with Banerjee alleging that about 1,000 police personnel were deployed.
Banerjee's Response
Banerjee argued that similar urgency should have been shown for fire audits and cited fires in New Market and Tarapith, as well as the reported destruction of 4,000 electronic voting machines in Alipore.
Key facts
- Person questioned
- Abhishek Banerjee
- Questioning duration
- Approximately five hours
- Police station
- Shakespeare Sarani police station
- Arrival and departure
- Arrived around 12:15 p.m. and left around 5:30 p.m.
- Underlying incident
- An alleged scuffle during removal of an unauthorised billboard
- Location of incident
- A Trinamool Congress party office on Camac Street
- Banerjee's response
- He called the case political vendetta and accused the BJP and Suvendu Adhikari of targeting his party
Quotes
Abhishek Banerjee
Diamond Harbour Trinamool Congress MP
“These are happening because BJP knows very well that they did not come to power here with people's mandate.”
deccanchronicle.com
“This case has no essence. It is all about political vendetta.”
deccanchronicle.com
Sources
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