India, July 15 -- Iconic filmmaker Satyajit Ray's ancestral home in Dhaka is being demolished by Bangladeshi authorities, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in a social media post on Tuesday.

The century-old property in Dhaka's Horikishore Ray Chowdhury Road belonged to Ray's grandfather, the renowned litterateur Upendra Kishore Ray Chowdhury.

Citing local media reports, Banerjee said that demolition work has already begun on the historic property.

"This news is extremely distressing. The Ray family is one of the foremost bearers and carriers of Bengali culture. Upendra Kishore is a pillar of Bengal's renaissance. Therefore, I believe this house is intricately tied to the cultural history of Bengal," the Chief Minister sai...