Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Prashant Barman, the long-absconding former Block Development Officer (BDO) of Raiganj Block in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal, who was accused in the case of the abduction and murder of gold merchant Swapan Kamilya at Salt Lake’s Dattabad in Kolkata last year, has finally been arrested. Burman’s arrest, which happened in New Town on the northern outskirts of Kolkata around midnight on Monday, was coincidental and dramatic.According to information passed down by th…
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Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) In a late evening development on Friday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the suspension of three booth-level officers (BLOs) engaged in electoral duties for the forthcoming two-phase assembly elections in West Bengal later this month. The ECI also directed the state administration to initiate departmental proceedings against the five BLOs concerned and register first information reports (FIRs) against them.The three BLOs against whom the Commission…
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) The cybercrime division of West Bengal Police on Tuesday arrested Kolkata-based industrialist Pawan Kumar Ruia in connection with a Rs 600 crore cyber scam. Ruia, the founder-chairman of the Ruia Group, who once earned the name of “takeover-cum-tycoon by taking over several public and private sector entities, was under the scanner of cybercrime division sleuths over his involvement in the cyber scam.Finally, he was arrested by those sleuths in front of a posh hotel at …
Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) Bidhannagar City Police on Friday issued an arrest warrant against Raiganj Block Development Officer (BDO) Prashant Barman, who is accused in the murder of gold trader Swapan Kamilya in the Dattabad area of Salt Lake.The arrest warrant was issued following a development in which a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on December 22, rejected Barman’s anticipatory bail plea and directed him to surrender before the Bidhannagar Court within 72 hours.As the 72-hour…