Bengal Chess Association removes Atanu Lahiri

The Bengal Chess Association ad-hoc committee has removed Atanu Lahiri from the post of secretary over various allegations leveled against him by Grandmaster Dibyendu Barua. The BCA ad-hoc committee, headed by Atin Sengupta, took the decision on Tuesday as Lahiri did not respond to the show-cause notice issued to him even after 21 days. “The disciplinary committee has not received any written submission or explanation on the show-cause issued to defaulting secretary Atanu Lahiri on 2nd of September 2019, and based upon their recommendation the three-member ad-hoc committee has decided to immediately remove Atanu Lahiri from the post of honorary secretary and also to terminate his membership with BCA with immediate effect,” said BCA vice-president Sayan Mukerji in a press release on Tuesday. Reddy, chairman of the AICF enquiry committee, restraining both from issuing any direction on BCA relating to elections.” The court “has also restrained Lahiri from taking part or act as secretary of BCA” and has directed “BCA and Lahiri to maintain status quo in respect of election activities of the association till 20 Nov 2019.” Lahiri refrained from commenting on the court order, but took a dig at the BCA ad-hoc panel.