Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) One more person was arrested on Friday in connection with the lynching of a youth on July 5 at Baruipur in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district after the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl there. The accused person has been identified as Lutfar Sheikh (46). He had already been presented at a district court in South 24 Parganas on Friday afternoon, and the public prosecutor has sought his police custody.An Investigating Officer in the case said that they wan…
Latest Baruipur News & Updates
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) One more person was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the lynching of a youth on July 5 at Baruipur in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district after the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl.The arrested person has been identified as Sakim Lashkar. He will be presented at a district court in South 24 Parganas later in the day, and the public prosecutor will seek his police custody.With the arrest of Lashkar, the total number of arrests in the case had incr…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) The police have arrested a person for taking a minor girl to a rented house in South 24 Parganas district’s Baruipur in West Bengal and trying to rape her. A senior police officer of Baruipur Police District said the minor had run away from her home in Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas district. She was lured by the accused after she met him at Sealdah station.The accused has been produced before the Baruipur court on Tuesday, where the police sought his custody for furthe…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) A major reshuffle took place in the state police administration on Tuesday, with the Suvendu Adhikari government transferring 33 IPS officers and appointing a new state intelligence chief. The most notable of them is the transfer of IPS officer Supratim Sarkar. He has been transferred from the post of ADG, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), i.e., the state’s intelligence chief, to the relatively less responsible post of ADG, Telecommunications.Natarajan Ramesh Babu …
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Three persons have been arrested for allegedly raping a young woman in Kolkata’s Thakurpukur area, police said on Monday. Based on a complaint filed by the victim, officers of Thakurpukur Police Station, on the southern outskirts of Kolkata, arrested the accused.According to the police, the incident took place on Saturday night. Police sources said the main accused is the woman’s friend. The victim alleged that the main accused forcibly had sexual intercourse with her, wh…
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) CPI-M leader Layek Ali was arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police on Sunday night in connection with the unrest in Baruipur. Ali had contested this year’s Assembly election as the Left Front candidate from the Baruipur Paschim constituency.Police did not specify the charges under which he was arrested. However, according to sources, investigators found his alleged links to incidents of road blockades, vandalism and attacks on police personnel durin…
Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) Kolkata Police have issued strict guidelines to expedite the registration and transfer of Zero FIRs within its jurisdiction as well as to neighbouring districts, a senior police officer said on Sunday. The guidelines have been issued to prevent administrative reluctance and systemic delays at the police station level in registering and transferring such FIRs.Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Nand issued the order on Sunday. According to the order: “It has been observed tha…
Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) A home tutor who is accused of sexually assaulting a 12th-grade student by calling her to his home has been arrested by the police, said a senior police officer on Sunday. The incident was reported by the Lake Town police station in north Kolkata.According to the police, the tutor called the student to his home for tutoring about four days ago. The girl alleged that the tutor wanted to spend time with her under the pretext of teaching. He gave her a drink laced with drugs…
Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) Two more persons have been arrested in connection with the lynching of a youth, 26-year-old Indrajit Tanti, on July 5 at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district over the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl following search operations.With these two fresh arrests, the total number of arrests in the case had increased to seven. The two, arrested after a night-long search, will be presented at a district court in South 24 Parganas later in the day, and the public p…
Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) West Bengal Police on Sunday changed the investigating officer (IO) for the case of the 12-year-old minor girl, allegedly raped and murdered at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district and appointed a more experienced and senior-ranking officer.Santanu Mukhopadhyay, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) rank officer, has been appointed to investigate the matter. The previous two IOs, who were replaced in succession, were inspector-ranking officers.The latest change in the…