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A squad of Kolkata Police unit visited the residence of Trinamool Congress person Abhishek Banerjee connected Monday (May 25, 2026), with officials saying that it was portion of a regular exercise.
Police officers reached the Diamond Harbour MP’s residence ‘Santiniketan’, connected 188A Harish Mukherjee Road successful southbound Kolkata, successful the afternoon. Some of them were successful uniform, portion others were successful plain clothes.
Neither the constabulary officially stated the crushed for the visit, nor did the Trinamool Congress contented a ceremonial connection connected the matter.
However, a elder Kolkata Police serviceman sought to downplay the development. “There is nary law-and-order contented oregon immoderate peculiar operation. It was portion of a regular authoritative exercise,” the serviceman said.
Officials said the squad removed an LED TV that was attached to the information scanner, which was earlier installed astatine the entranceway of Mr. Banerjee’s residence.
“The instrumentality was placed determination for information purposes. Later, it was decided that the machines would beryllium taken backmost arsenic they belonged to the government,” different elder constabulary serviceman said.
The scanners are akin to those mostly seen astatine airports, railway stations and ample nationalist oregon backstage establishments. The scanning machines had been removed by authorities earlier aft it emerged that the devices were authorities property, the constabulary serviceman said.
