Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) Sheikh Saifuddin, the prime accused in the murder of Prashant Dey, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker from Bagnan in Kolkata-adjacent Howrah district, was arrested on Sunday, within 12 hours of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s commitment for strong action in the matter.This is the 11th arrest in the murder case by a joint team of Howrah District Police and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the state police.The CID took over the investigation into the …
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Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday met the family of BJP worker Prashant Dey, who was killed in the Bagnan area in Howrah district in a case of political violence. Along with announcing compensation to the family, he also assured them of justice. So far, 10 people have been arrested in this incident, out of a total of 51 names in the FIR. The Chief Minister has ordered the immediate arrest of the remaining 41 accused. He said that if necessary, the ac…
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) A man has been arrested in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district for allegedly receiving financial assistance under the state government’s Lakshmir Bhandar scheme by posing as a woman, officials said on Thursday.Police said the accused, identified as Rakibul Sheikh, had been receiving funds under the scheme for the past two years. The Lakshmir Bhandar scheme is meant exclusively for women beneficiaries, and no man is entitled to receive financial assistance from this sche…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the probe into the incident in West Bengal’s Malda district, where seven judicial officers deputed for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls were allegedly held hostage for several hours at a BDO office in Kaliachowk.A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi, while hearing a suo motu writ petition regis…
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday criticised the Mamata Banerjee government after a protest broke out at a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing centre in North Dinajpur district’s Itahar.Taking to his social media platform X, Adhikari said the state administration “failed” to provide security to officials engaged in SIR duty following the mob rampage.”Direct defiance of Hon’ble Supreme Court’s order by West Bengal Police …