The Indian Army on Monday took up the dismantling of a stage erected beside the Gandhi statue in Maidan area in Kolkata by the Trinamool Congress to protest against alleged atrocities on Bengali-speaking migrant workers from West Bengal in other states.

A defence official said that the Indian Army (Local military Authority, Kolkata) gives permission for events in the Maidan area for a duration of two days, as directed by the Supreme Court.

"Permission for events greater than three days needs to be obtained from the MoD, Govt of India.