Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Calcutta High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain the plea of Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee for exemption from the move by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to collect his voice samples in the case where he is accused of making violence-inciting statements and threatening Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a campaign rally.The CID initiated the collection of voice samples from Abhishek, the nephew of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, follow…
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Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) There is uncertainty surrounding the hearing of the plea filed by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in the Calcutta High Court against the Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID) decision to collect his voice sample in his ‘DJ remark’ case. On Monday, Abhishek’s plea against CID’s move to collect his voice sample was not heard in the High Court. It is also unclear whether it will be heard on Tuesday.On the orders of the lower court, Abhishek will have to appear at…
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, which on May 21 directed a fresh probe into the R.G. Kar rape and murder case by a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Thursday slammed the central agency for conducting what it described as a “lackadaisical” probe so far. As directed by the division bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, the CBI submitted a progress report on Thursday. After e…
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Thursday approached a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging the notice from the Criminal Investigation (CID) of the West Bengal Police for the collection of his voice samples on June 30 as directed by a district court in North 24 Parganas district earlier this week.The collection of the voice samples of Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of former West Bengal Chie…
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Two separate complaints have been filed on Saturday against the Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, at two different police stations in two different districts of West Bengal over two separate allegations. The first police complaint has been filed at the Siliguri Cyber Police Station under Siliguri Metropolitan Police in Darjeeling district in the northern sector.In that complaint, a businessman Sanjay Kumar Singhal ac…
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Trinamool Rajya Sabha member Sagarika Ghose expressed scathing criticism of the early morning police raid at the residence of party General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee to track his absconding aide.In a social media statement, shared by the Trinamool Congress on its social media handle, Ghose described the arrival of the police and central paramilitary forces personnel at Abhishek Banerjee’s residence at 3 a.m. as a reflection of the “political vendetta, intimidation and…
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, left for New Delhi on Saturday.Initially, it was scheduled that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, would leave for New Delhi on Sunday afternoon to attend the crucial meeting of the Indian National Inclusive Development Alliance (INDIA) bloc in the national capital on Monday.However, a party insider said that Abhishek Banerjee left for New De…
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) A fresh political slugfest erupted in West Bengal on Saturday after senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator Sovandeb Chattopadhyay made public a resolution dated May 6, signed by 67 party MLAs, endorsing him as the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the state Assembly. However, expelled Trinamool Congress legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, who is officially the leader of the Trinamool Congress’s legislative party and also the official leader of the opposition, ridiculed Ch…
Patna, May 15 (IANS) Amid a renewed push to strengthen governance, the Bihar government under Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary has carried out another major reshuffle in the police administration. Following the recent transfer of 16 IPS officers, the Home Department on Friday transferred 61 DSP-rank officers and two IPS officers, signalling a continued focus on improving law and order in the state.According to the official notification, several Sub-Divisional Police Officers (SDPOs) have been rea…
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Just 12 days before the first phase of the two-phase polling in West Bengal on April 23, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday ordered a massive police reshuffle in the state, transferring a total of 30 officers in West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police combined, ranging from deputy inspector general (DIG) rank to inspector levels. Rupesh Kumar, who was on additional duty as joint commissioner (crime) of Kolkata Police, has been replaced by Soma Das Mitra,…