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Derek O’Brien Skips Summons, Gets Second Camac Street Notice
Kolkata Police are investigating a fight at a Trinamool Congress office.
The trouble began when city officials and police removed a party billboard from the building.
Derek O’Brien was asked to answer questions on Monday.
He did not go, and his lawyer asked for more time.
Police then delivered another notice at his home.
The new notice asks him to appear on Wednesday.
Abhishek Banerjee was asked to come on Tuesday.
Banerjee’s assistant Sumit Roy was also asked to appear on Wednesday.
At least 14 people have been arrested, while O’Brien says he was pushed and treated unfairly.
Kolkata Police issued Derek O’Brien a second notice after he missed questioning on Monday.
Police asked the Trinamool Congress MP to appear before investigators on Wednesday.
O’Brien’s counsel requested more time, while police delivered the notice at his residence.
Abhishek Banerjee was summoned for Tuesday, and his personal assistant Sumit Roy for Wednesday.
The case concerns a confrontation after officials removed a Trinamool Congress billboard; at least 14 people were arrested.
- Who
- Kolkata Police, Kolkata Municipal Corporation officials, Trinamool Congress leaders and workers, Derek O’Brien, Abhishek Banerjee, and Sumit Roy.
- What
- Police issued O’Brien a second notice after he missed questioning in a case concerning a Camac Street office confrontation.
- Where
- The confrontation occurred at the Trinamool Congress office at 9 Camac Street in Kolkata; the second notice was delivered to O’Brien’s Prince Anwar Shah Road residence.
- When
- The confrontation occurred on Thursday; O’Brien missed his Monday summons and was asked to appear Wednesday, while Banerjee was asked to appear Tuesday.
- Why
- The investigation concerns a confrontation that followed the removal of a billboard bearing the party’s name from the roof of an eight-storey building.
Police and civic authorities
Trinamool Congress leaders
Summons and investigation
Police and civic authorities
Kolkata Police summoned O’Brien, Banerjee, and others in connection with the confrontation and issued O’Brien a second notice after he missed the first appearance.
Trinamool Congress leaders
O’Brien did not attend on Monday, while his counsel requested additional time; Banerjee’s advocate questioned the absence of the FIR from the police website and cited Supreme Court guidelines.
Billboard removal
Police and civic authorities
Kolkata Municipal Corporation officials, accompanied by police, removed a billboard bearing the party’s name from the building’s roof.
Trinamool Congress leaders
O’Brien questioned the deployment of hundreds of police officers to remove one signboard and described the action as political vendetta.
Conduct during confrontation
Police and civic authorities
The case concerns a confrontation involving Trinamool Congress workers, police, and civic officials, in which at least 14 people were arrested.
Trinamool Congress leaders
O’Brien alleged that he was heckled, manhandled, pushed over, and trampled, while saying that video evidence supported his account.
Key facts
- First summons
- O’Brien was directed to appear at Shakespeare Sarani police station at noon on Monday.
- Second notice
- After O’Brien did not appear, police asked him to attend questioning on Wednesday.
- Reason for absence
- O’Brien’s counsel emailed police requesting more time.
- Other summonses
- Abhishek Banerjee was asked to appear Tuesday, and his personal assistant Sumit Roy Wednesday.
- Incident location
- The confrontation took place at the Trinamool Congress office at 9 Camac Street.
- Trigger
- Kolkata Municipal Corporation officials, accompanied by police, removed a party billboard from the roof of an eight-storey building.
- Arrests and cases
- At least 14 people were arrested, and two FIRs were registered—one by Kolkata Police and one by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Quotes
Caretaker at Derek O’Brien’s residence
Caretaker who accepted the police summons at O’Brien’s residence
“I was manhandled, pushed over and trampled by the 'BJP police'. We have enough video evidence. Hundreds of cops were deployed to remove one signboard of the party. Talk about priorities! The political vendetta is on another level. Our TMC members are being traumatised across the state. We are doing our best to support them with legal and medical aid.”
telegraphindia.com
“He (Derek) told me over the phone that if the police come to serve any notice, I should accept it on his behalf. So I have received the notice.”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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