An office of Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee located at Camac Street was ransacked on Thursday morning (September 3, 2026).

Mr. Banerjee alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters were behind the attack. Videos shared by the Trinamool Congress leaders showed three to four masked men removing equipment from the office, with shattered glass and other materials scattered around, indicating vandalism.

“If this is how the Opposition is to be treated in West Bengal, through violence, vandalism and intimidation, then the Chief Minister has no moral authority to remain in office. He must resign. This is not democracy. This is political thuggery,” Mr. Banerjee posted on social media, sharing videos captured from close-circuit television cameras inside the premises.

The vandalism is reported to have occurred around 4:30 a.m. Trinamool Congress leader Upasana Chowdhury reached the office and said that the police did not respond despite multiple calls reporting the incident.

The Diamond Harbour MP urged the judiciary, particularly the Calcutta High Court, to take “serious note of what is happening and acts to uphold the rule of law in West Bengal”.

The premises at 9 Camac Street in Kolkata has been used by Abhishek Banerjee over the past several years. Personnel and Kolkata Police and senior Trinamool Congress leaders on August 27 were embroiled in a scuffle over removing a party hoarding on the building.

The police have registered FIRs and questioned Trinamool leaders in connection with the incident. Abhishek Banerjee and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’ Brien were also summoned by Kolkata Police in connection with the incident. The premises was inspected by personnel of West Bengal Fire Services, who alleged unauthorised construction.

The Trinamool Congress general secretary is facing more than 16 FIRs after the BJP government came to power in May 2026. The Calcutta High Court has granted him protection from arrest in some of the police cases.

The Calcutta High Court on Sunday (July 19, 2026) ordered status quo on the demolition of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s Diamond Harbour constituency office in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district.

Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury, holding a special sitting of the court on Sunday (July 19, 2026), directed the State government to submit all documents regarding the Amtala building, which ‘Leaps and Bounds’ Company reportedly owns.

Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee is the CEO of ‘Leaps and Bounds’, according to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a different matter.

Directing that status quo be maintained on the demolition of the building on Diamond Harbour Road till the end of July, the court said the matter will be heard again before a regular Bench.

‘Leaps and Bounds’ challenged the demolition of the building before the High Court.

The South 24 Parganas district administration began demolishing the TMC MP’s party office at Amtala on Saturday (July 18, 2026) after finding it was allegedly constructed without an approved building plan and in violation of applicable rules, according to a senior official.

Stating that the building was his constituency office, the Diamond Harbour MP claimed on Saturday (July 18, 2026) that his Amtala office was built legally on purchased land and after obtaining requisite permissions.

TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was roughed up on Saturday (May 30, 2026), allegedly by locals, when he visited West Bengal’s Sonarpur area to meet families of post-poll violence victims, police said.

Stones, shoes and eggs were hurled at the TMC MP by unidentified people who even attempted to rain blows and kicks on him, while they shouted ‘thief’ slogans at Mr. Banerjee.

He was seen being escorted out of the area with a police helmet on and his shirt tattered.

“Look what they have done to me. This was pre-planned. There is no police in the area. They want to kill me. I will not leave this place till the local police send their force and offer protection to the victims’ families,” Mr. Banerjee said while meeting the family of a deceased post-poll violence victim.

Bengal CID serves summons to Abhishek in ‘fake signature’ probe

Earlier in the day, the West Bengal CID served a notice to Mr. Banerjee, asking him to appear before it in connection with a probe into the alleged use of forged signatures of party legislators in a communication submitted to the Assembly Secretariat endorsing Shobhandeb Chattopadhyay as the Leader of the Opposition.

The notice — described by CID sources as a summons directing him to appear for questioning at the agency’s Bhabani Bhavan headquarters at noon on Monday (June 1, 2026) — was served personally to Mr. Banerjee at his Kalighat Road residence.

The officers delivered the notice to the TMC MP, who acknowledged its receipt before the CID team finally left at around 2.50 p.m.

With PTI inputs