Abhishek Banerjee faces fresh questioning in billboard row as police visit home again

On October 11, 2026, the police paid a second visit to the Kalighat house of Abhishek Banerjee, Mamata AITC's national general secretary, in connection with the Camac Street party office billboard case. Police had served a notice summoning Banerjee for questioning earlier on October 7, but he was not at home. This time, it was the staff at his residence who received the notice.

The complaint was lodged by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), alleging that police personnel and civic workers were harassed and assaulted while attempting to remove TMC's signage from a building on Camac Street last month. Initially, no one was available to accept the notice, but after some time, it was given to Banerjee's staff.

The incident arose from a disturbance on August 27 over the removal of a billboard from Banerjee's office building on Camac Street, which bore the TMC name and twin-flower symbol. Three FIRs were registered following the disturbance, and Banerjee has already been questioned in one of the cases. The fire department had also served a notice in connection with the matter.

Condemning the police's move, Mamata AITC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh noted that the BJP government had stooped so low that a notice had been served even when Mahalaya was just days away.