Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) A district court in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, on Tuesday granted permission to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to collect voice samples of Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee in connection with a case where he has been accused of inciting violence and threatening Union Home Minister Amit Shah before the recently concluded Assembly polls. Based on video footage of Banerjee’s alleged statements at a pre-election ra…
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Guwahati, June 22 (IANS) Assam’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Monday will submit video footage related to celebrated Assamese singer Zubeen Garg’s death in Singapore, marking a significant development in the ongoing trial before a Fast Track Court here.A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the CID appeared before the court carrying several electronic devices and digital evidence as proceedings resumed in one of the state’s most closely watched criminal cases.Sources associated …
Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) A fresh FIR has been registered against Sumit Roy, the absconding executive assistant of Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee.In the fresh FIR registered at Debra Police Station in West Midnapore district, Roy has been accused of duping people of several lakhs of rupees by promising them jobs in the state government during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led regime.Earlier, a district court in West Midnapore district had …
Bengaluru, June 19 (IANS) In a shocking development, an inspector posted in the Karnataka Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has been accused of masterminding a robbery in Bengaluru, prompting a manhunt for him, officials said on Friday.The incident was reported from the jurisdiction of the Madivala police station, where a group of accused persons allegedly robbed Rs 20 lakh from businessmen from Kerala by impersonating police officials.The accused police inspector has been identif…
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) Ten more persons have been arrested in connection with an incident in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district where a group of Trinamool Congress supporters, led by Regina Bibi, wife of arrested party leader Jahangir Khan, allegedly tried to storm the Falta Police Station on June 16 in an attempt to free him from police custody.With the latest arrests, the total number of people held in the case has increased to 25, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari told mediapersons on Fr…
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) Veteran Trinamool Congress legislator Sovandeb Chattopadhyay on Friday moved a division bench of the Calcutta High Court, challenging the order of the single-judge bench of Justice Krishna Rao of the same court, upholding the decision of the West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose accepting expelled Trinamool legislator Ritabrata Banerjee as the leader of the new majority bloc of the party in the House as well as the official Leader of Opposition (LoP). Although, in t…
Kolkata, June 18 (IANS) West Bengal’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers on Thursday once again raided Harish Chatterjee Street in south Kolkata’s Kalighat area. This time, CID officers visited the residence of Mamata Banerjee’s sister-in-law, who is also the aunt of Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee.The raid started from 2 p.m. onwards. The CID team left the house before 3 p.m. The detectives were present at the residence of Abhishek Banerjee’s aunt f…
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday filed a police complaint against four‑time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member from Sreerampore constituency in Hooghly district and senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee, accusing him of making derogatory comments about Union Home Minister Amit Shah. In the complaint filed at Sreerampore police station by BJP leader Bhaskar Ghosh, Banerjee was accused of using highly derogatory and objectionable adjectives …
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee will have to face interrogation by two investigating agencies in three different cases for three consecutive days: June 14, June 15 and June 16. On June 14, Sunday, he will have to appear at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police at Bhavani Bhavan in South Kolkata and face interrogation in connection with the case of mismatches in the signatures of so…
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee on Friday evening said he will cooperate with the West Bengal Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) if summoned for interrogation. On Friday, a team of CID officials reached his residence at Kalighat Road in South Kolkata, reportedly to serve him a notice in connection with a case where he had been accused of inciting violence and threatening Union Home Minister Amit Shah before the rec…