Kolkata: KMC on Monday sealed the party office of Mohammad Jasimuddin, former Trinamool councillor of Ward 39 in the Jorasanko area, and demolished an unauthorised floor above that was being used to keep party merchandise.The move was part of a civic drive to clear illegal structures from corporation land, carriageways and pavements. Jasimuddin’s office is located on Madan Mohan Burman Street, a few metres from Mahatma Gandhi Metro station. Jasimuddin used to be a CPM councillor before he joined the Trinamool. “This is Jasim bhai’s party office, where he and his men would come and sit in the evening. The place was used for party work. But after May 4, once the Assembly election results were announced, we did not see him or any of his men here. The place was mostly kept locked,” said a resident. The Bengal Police in June arrested Jasimuddin in June from his home on the charge of molesting and harassing a minor girl. .A KMC official said, “We have so far served notices on several such unauthorised offices in the area. In some cases, illegal structures have been demolished and some premises have been sealed.” The notices, signed by executive engineers of respective boroughs, were seen pasted on the walls of several unauthorised structures in central Kolkata, including B B Ganguly Street, C R Avenue, Burrabazar, Brabourne Road, Mechhua, Madan Mohan Burman Street and College Street. The illegal structures are being given 15 days to go, failing which, the KMC stated, the civic body would step in.Th
