Calcutta High Court halts demolition of ex-TMC strongman Jahangir Khan’s Falta house

Jahangir Khan, now in jail, moved the Calcutta High Court challenging the demolition of his house. File

Calcutta High Court on Friday (November 13, 2026) stayed the demolition of former Trinamool Congress strongman Jahangir Khan’s house in Falta.

District administration of South 24 Parganas initiated a demolition drive at the unauthorised portion of Mr. Khan’s, alias Pushpa’s, house on Thursday (November 12, 2026). The operation began around 8.30 a.m. under BDO Sandip Singh Roy, with fire department personnel and a large police contingent deployed to maintain law and order.

According to the police, several notices were issued to Mr. Khan to remove the structure. The building exceeded two storeys without any approval and the district administration has bulldozed the structure.

Meanwhile, Mr. Khan, who is now in jail, moved the Calcutta High Court challenging the action.. He also claimed that no notice has been issued to him before. During the hearing on Friday (November 13, 2026), Justice Suvra Ghosh asked the State government to produce necessary documents regarding how many notices have been issued, and also how did they identify this is the house that belongs to Mr. Khan.

The judge asked the state: “Why were no witnesses kept? Where is the proof that the house belongs to that person? This is a technical point, but the real issue is: even knowing the person is in custody, why were no attempts made to serve him notice?”

Mr. Khan was arrested on July 8 from India-Nepal border over several charges of extortion, murder, and criminal intimidation charges. He was the Trinamool Congress’s candidate in the Falta Assembly constituency and dropped out of the race just ahead of the repoll. Seven FIRs have been lodged against him, after his election defeat.

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