Mahua vacated bungalow premises before authorities arrived; govt now in possession: TMC leader's counsel

Moitra, who was expelled from the Lok Sabha on December 8 last year, was earlier asked to vacate the house by January 7 after the allotment was cancelled.

New Delhi: The possession of former Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra's government bungalow was handed over to officers of the Directorate of Estates on Tuesday, the 49-year-old's lawyers said, as per a report by news agency ANI.

The premises of the bungalow were reportedly vacated before the central government's officials arrived to evict Moitra.

Earlier this week, the DoE issued an eviction notice to Moitra, who was expelled from the Lok Sabha last month.

"A team has been sent to evict the TMC leader from the government bungalow allotted to her as an MP," an official told PTI.

On Thursday, Moitra failed to get any relief from the Delhi High Court which refused to stay the DoE notice and asked her to vacate the government bungalow.

Justice Girish Kathpalia said no specific rule has been brought before the court which dealt with the eviction of MPs from government accommodation after they cease to be lawmakers.