Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday was conducting searches at three places, including the houses of two businessmen in Anandapur and Alipore areas, in Kolkata. According to ED officials, this search was linked to its investigation into a criminal-linked syndicate of Sona Pappu alias Biswajit Poddar.The ED has already arrested Joy Kamdar, a businessman close to Sona Pappu. Kamdar is currently in the ED’s custody. It is reported that these businessmen, whose premis…
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Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) A fire broke out in Anandapur area in southern outskirts of Kolkata, said the police on Tuesday. This time a fire broke out in the factory of a famous cake manufacturing company. However, there is no report of any injury. An investigation into the incident has been started.According to the police, the cake manufacturing company has a factory in EM bypass. The incident occurred when the work was going on in the factory on Monday night.After spotting fire, the worker…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) The bodies of 18 victims of the Anandapur warehouse fire on the southern outskirts of Kolkata have been identified through DNA mapping and handed over to their families from the Katapukur morgue on Saturday. Initially, it was believed that the 18 bodies handed over to the families were among the 27 persons reported missing, which had led to the assumption that the death toll had risen to 45. However, official sources later clarified that the death toll remains at 27. The 1…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) The bodies of 18 victims of the Anandapur warehouse fire on the southern outskirts of Kolkata have been identified through DNA mapping and handed over to their families on Saturday. With this, the official death toll in the tragedy has risen to 45, while nine persons are still reported missing.Police sources said the identification was confirmed after matching DNA samples of the remains with those provided by the victims’ family members. Among the 18 deceased, 16 were fr…
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) Sara Bangla Atashbaji Unnayan Samity (All Bengal Fireworks Development Association) has written a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, expressing concerns about the “dangerous” training imparted in the name of making eco-friendly firecrackers, sources said on Wednesday.A copy of the letter has been sent to the state’s Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty and the Additional Chief Secretary of the Small and Cottage Industries Department.The letter, written on Tuesday, ha…
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) A political slugfest surfaced in West Bengal over the omission of the names of victims of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) as well as the victims of the Anandapur warehouse fire mishap on the southern outskirts of Kolkata in the list of obituary mentions on the first day of the budget session of the Assembly on Tuesday.As per protocol, on the first day, the House was adjourned after the obituary mention.However, after the House was adjourned, the Chief Whip of Bharatiya Jan…
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) A three-member delegation from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) visited the Anandapur warehouse fire incident site on Tuesday, to take stock of the situation. The area was also visited by former MP Adhir Chowdhury. According to the police, the delegation arrived in West Bengal on Monday afternoon. In the evening, they held a meeting with the District Magistrate of South 24 Parganas. On Tuesday, they went to the incident site in Anandapur. There, they examined all…
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday, alleged that land mafias backed by the ruling Trinamool Congress have filled a massive pond in Bhangar area of South 24 Parganas district. Sharing a video clip of the incident on his official X account, LoP Adhikari alleged that it was another example of illegal filling of protected East Kolkata Wetlands. He said this allowed illegitimate warehouses to be established without any permission …
Kolkata, Feb 1 (IANS) The death toll from the fire incident at the Anandapur warehouses, situated on the southern outskirts of Kolkata, has increased to 27, while 25 individuals remain unaccounted for, according to officials on Sunday.Police sources said the remains of two more people were recovered from the charred warehouses in Anandapur on Saturday, taking the death toll to 27.Amidst this, the formation of an SIT a week after the incident raised questions about the sudden activation of the au…
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) Amid all round-criticisms, the West Bengal Police on Saturday formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the devastating fire at the factory-cum-warehouse of Wow Momo in Anandapur on the southern outskirts of Kolkata earlier this week, where the death toll has already touched 25, with several others still missing.The decision came after Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a public rally at Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas district earlier in the day, accused the s…