Expelled Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra on Friday vacated her government bungalow here, a day after the Delhi High Court dismissed her plea for a stay on eviction proceedings. The former TMC MP's counsel Shadan Farasat said that house number 9B on Telegraph Lane was vacated by 10 am this morning before the authorities arrived. "No eviction took place," the counsel told reporters.
The Directorate of Estates (DoE), which comes under the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, in the morning sent a team to get the bungalow vacated and the area around it was barricaded. Earlier this week, the DoE issued an eviction notice to Moitra. "The possession of the bungalow has officially been handed over to the Directorate of Estates,” an official said.