Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) Five factory workers were electrocuted to death after coming into contact with an 11,000-volt overhead electric line in Dinhata in Cooch Behar district of north Bengal on Sunday, officials said.The incident occurred in the Dinhata Village-II Gram Panchayat area under Dinhata police station limits. According to initial reports, an 11,000-volt electric wire snapped and fell on the iron portion of a mixer machine during work at a stone-cutting factory located near the head o…
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New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Versova police in Mumbai, Maharashtra, have carried out a major operation against Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in India, arresting 25 individuals from the Andheri West Yari Road area. Among those detained, 21 were transgender persons, two were women, and two were men. The authorities have initiated the process to deport all arrested individuals back to Bangladesh.According to police officials, these Bangladeshi nationals had entered India illegally severa…
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) Police have arrested a man suspected to be a Bangladeshi national for allegedly residing in India for several years using forged identity documents, officials said on Wednesday. The arrest was made from the Dinhata area in Cooch Behar district of north Bengal.The arrested individual has been identified as Omar Farooq Byapari, who had reportedly been living in the Chowdhuryhat Gram Panchayat area under Dinhata-II block for several years. He is accused of fraudulently obtain…
Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) A civic volunteer died while attending a training programme in Fulbari of Jalpaiguri district in north Bengal, the police said on Monday. The deceased civic volunteer has been identified as Pankaj Barman. He was stationed at Mathabhanga Police Station in Cooch Behar district. He had gone to the 12th Battalion to participate in the six-day training camp in Fulbari. He died there.According to police sources, Pankaj suffered a heart attack on Sunday night. When the sentry on d…
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) Students narrowly escaped a major accident on the first day of the secondary (Madhyamik) examinations in West Bengal, police officials said on Monday. The incident caused widespread panic at Nakkatigach Higher Secondary School in Tufanganj-1 block in Cooch Behar district. However, due to the prompt action of the police and the administration, no casualties or injuries occurred.The secondary school examination started on time at Nakkatigach Higher Secondary School earlier in…
Kolkata, Jan 25 (IANS) An elderly man has been arrested on charges of raping a minor girl in Cooch Behar district’s Mekhliganj area in North Bengal, the police said on Sunday.The girl studying in Class 6 had gone to the riverbank to collect firewood, where the elderly man, whom she affectionately called grandfather, assaulted her. The matter came to light on Saturday, and based on the complaint lodged by the family of the minor girl, the police arrested the accused person.According to police sou…
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) Police in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district have arrested a man in connection with the murder of an unidentified person, with investigators claiming that during interrogation the accused confessed that he intended to consume the victim’s flesh.The incident took place in the Kurshahat area under Dinhata in Cooch Behar district and has triggered panic among locals.Police said on Monday that the identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained. The victim, who reportedl…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) Another Booth Level Officer (BLO) died on Saturday, with his family alleging that pressure related to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) work led to his deteriorating health. The incident took place in Cooch Behar district of north Bengal.The BLO was admitted to a hospital on Friday night after experiencing chest pain and died while undergoing treatment. His family alleged that he had fallen ill due to pressure from SIR-related duties and was also suffering from d…