{
  "id": 3783644,
  "title": "Police, KMC Dismantle 'Unauthorized' Billboard At Abhishek Banerjee’s Office",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/police-kmc-dismantle-unauthorized-billboard-at-abhishek-banerjees",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T16:58:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/police-kmc-dismantle-unauthorized-billboard-at-abhishek-banerjees-office"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Kolkata Police removed an unauthorized billboard from the rooftop of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's office building on Camac Street on Thursday evening. The incident resulted in a scuffle between the police, corporation officials, and Banerjee's security personnel. Banerjee, along with TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien, was seen preventing the KMC and police from entering the building. The KMC officials dismantled the billboard using gas cutters and hammers, alleging that it was installed illegally. Banerjee accused the KMC and police of attempting to harass TMC and questioned why BJP billboards in nearby buildings had not been removed. Extra police personnel were deployed at Camac Street from Kolkata Police headquarters Lalbazar.",
  "summary": "Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Kolkata Police on Thursday evening dismantled a huge allegedly unauthorised billboard of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) installed on the rooftop of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s office building at Camac Street. Notably, a scuffle broke out between police, corporation authorities and Abhishek Banerjee’s security personnel when the KMC…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "Chaos At Abhishek Banerjee's Office As Cops Remove 'Illegal' Billboard",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/chaos-at-abhishek-banerjees-office-as-cops-remove-illegal-billboard",
        "published": "2026-08-27T18:41:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}