Kolkata, May 13 -- West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday ordered the disconnection of power and water supply to all illegal buildings in the Kasba, Tiljala, Iqbalpur and Mominpur areas of Kolkata. He also directed the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-controlled Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to immediately demolish a similar building in Tiljala where a fire broke out in a leather goods factory on Tuesday, killing two people.

Within hours, bulldozers and earth movers were deployed to demolish the five-storied building on congested Kustia Road, as Central paramilitary forces and city police stood guard.

"Two men died and three were injured in the fire. We ordered an inquiry and the committee found that the building was con...