Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) Notorious sand mafia Ajay Hari has been arrested in the West Burdwan district of West Bengal, the police said on Sunday. The police personnel of the Malandighi outpost in West Burdwan district arrested him in the Bidbihar area on Saturday night.It is alleged that property, houses and cars worth crores of rupees were bought with money generated through a sand smuggling racket.He will be produced in the Durgapur Sub-District Court later in the day, the police said.The police…
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Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) A minor girl was drugged, taken to a hotel and allegedly gang-raped in the Durgapur industrial area of West Burdwan district, the police said on Sunday. Based on a complaint lodged by the family of the minor, the police have already arrested three people in connection with the incident.According to the police, the victim is a 14-year-old student of Class 8. The family alleged that a woman known to them called their daughter out of the house. After that, she was made to dri…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Supriya Mukherjee, had filed a complaint with the West Bengal Women and Child Welfare Minister, Agnimitra Paul, against the Officer-in-Charge of a police station. ASI Supriya Mukherjee stated that miscreants were smuggling diesel with the help of Officer-in-Charge of Andal Police Station.The ASI said that when she tried to stop it, the senior police officer harassed her and she was given a less importan…
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) A bomb scare sparked chaos at the Asansol Court in West Burdwan district of West Bengal during peak working hours on Tuesday afternoon after the District Judge received a threatening email. Personnel from the Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate swiftly evacuated the premises and launched an intensive search for explosives, while sources suggested the threat might be a hoax, though no official confirmation has yet been received.The email claimed that an RDX-IED had been…
Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday issued a notice for interrogation to Monoranjan Hazra, the officer-incharge under Budbud Police Station, which comes under the Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC), in connection with the multi-crore coal smuggling case in West Bengal.Earlier this month, the ED officials also conducted a raid and search operation at Hazra’s residence in connection with the coal smuggling case, and during those operations, the Investigat…