Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) A team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police on Saturday visited the residence of Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at Harish Mukherjee Road in South Kolkata. Security personnel informed the sleuths that no one had been staying there for the last few days. While the CID team was at the Harish Mukherjee Road property, Banerjee was present at the residence of the party’s state general secretary and legislator Kunal Gh…
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Patna, May 29 (IANS) The investigation into the Gopalganj firearms display incident involving Anant Singh has now been officially handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Bihar, marking a significant development in the politically sensitive case. The decision to transfer the investigation was taken on Friday.The case was originally registered at the Mirganj Police Station in Gopalganj district, where a total of nine individuals, including MLA Anant Kumar Singh, were named as…
Guwahati, May 29 (IANS) The Gauhati High Court has rejected the bail plea of festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, one of the prime accused in the Zubeen Garg death case, officials said on Friday. Earlier, a fast track court had also dismissed Mahanta’s bail application in connection with the case that had triggered widespread public reaction across Assam.Sources said the High Court, while hearing the matter, took note of the seriousness of the allegations and the ongoing investigation before re…
Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday said that 10 people, accused in post-poll violence cases in West Bengal following the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, have been arrested.The ten arrested accused individuals include Kader Molla, the most trusted aide of Sheikh Shahjahan, the notorious and now-suspended Trinamool Congress leader from Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district. Shahjahan is currently in jail after the CBI identified him as the mastermind behin…
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Kolkata on Tuesday remanded 15 more accused persons arrested by the central agency officers in connection with the West Bengal judicial officers’ hostage case earlier this year to 14 days of judicial custody. In the night-long operations started from Monday night which continued till Tuesday morning, the NIA sleuths arrested these 15 individuals accused in connection with the April 1 incident in which seven judicial of…
Patna, May 20 (IANS) The Home Department of the Bihar government has carried out another major administrative reshuffle in the police department, transferring eight senior officers of the Bihar Police Service. The transfers were announced through a notification issued by the Home Department on May 20, 2026.The reshuffle primarily affects officers serving in the ranks of Sub-Divisional Police Officer and Deputy Superintendent of Police.According to an official notification, the move is aimed at s…
Bengaluru, May 16 (IANS) Karnataka Police have intensified the investigation into the alleged Rs 4,500 crore fraud case involving controversial social activist Shivananda Neelannanavar, who was arrested by the police in Belagavi city, officials said on Saturday. The accused is charged with misappropriating thousands of crores of rupees invested by members of the public and former soldiers.Shivananda Neelannanavar, owner of Shivam Associates, is alleged to have made controversial speeches, organi…
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) In a major crackdown against the long-standing menace of the use of mobile phones within different correctional homes, the West Bengal government on Friday announced the suspension of the Superintendent and Chief Controller of the Presidency Central Correctional Home in South Kolkata, which is the state’s biggest correctional home. Announcing this at a press conference at the state secretariat of Nabanna, the new and ninth Chief Minister of West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari,…
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) As the investigation into the murder of Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, is underway the investigators say the car used in the murder was brought from Jharkhand and money was sent online from that car, a senior police officer said on Sunday. The search for the accused is underway based on that source. However, no one has been arrested yet.A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed by the West Bengal Police to …
Gandhinagar/Vadodara, April 18 (IANS) A cyber fraud network linked to transactions worth more than Rs 210 crore has been uncovered, with six individuals arrested in a coordinated operation by the Cyber Centre of Excellence of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Crime in Gujarat, officials said on Saturday. The arrests were made after a targeted raid in Vadodara based on specific intelligence, as part of intensified efforts to tackle rising cyber crime.According to officials, the accused oper…