Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) Trinamool Congress councillor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Sushmita Bhattacharya of ward number 63 was arrested on Tuesday over alleged corruption charges. Her husband, Salil Chatterjee, was also arrested. Officers of the Watgunge police station arrested them on charges of extortion. With this, the total number of Trinamool councillors in KMC arrested over various charges rose to nine.According to the police, a complaint was filed with the said police station on …
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Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) A major reshuffle took place in the West Bengal police administration on Monday, with the Suvendu Adhikari government issuing a transfer notification for 179 IPS officers.Among them are about 12 Superintendents of Police, including those of Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas district. The Lok Sabha constituency of Diamond Harbour is represented by Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee.After coming to power in the state, the Suvendu Adhikari government carried out i…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The Cyber Police Station of Delhi’s North District on Monday has arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly blackmailing young women through social media by using AI-generated morphed images and extorting money from them. According to Delhi Police, the accused, identified as Sourav, a resident of Bhalaswa Dairy, was arrested on June 4 following an investigation into a complaint lodged by a 19-year-old woman from Malkaganj.The case came to light after the complainant file…
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Jahangir Khan was arrested by Bengal police near the India-Nepal border on Monday, in connection with an extortion case, officials said. The arrest brings to an end days of police chase as the Falta candidate had been on the run and was evading law enforcement agencies despite multiple criminal investigations against him. Jahangir Khan, who attained popularity as ‘Pushpa’ during Bengal Assembly elections was arrested by the Special Task …
Gurdaspur, June 4 (IANS) A senior BJP leader narrowly escaped a deadly attack after two masked assailants riding a motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire at his petrol station in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, officials said on Thursday. The incident took place late on Wednesday night and comes amid concerns over a series of attacks targeting BJP leaders and party establishments in the state. The attack was reportedly preceded by an extortion demand of Rs 2 crore.According to officials, Vijay Kumar…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Police have arrested Trinamool councillor Sachin Singh of ward number 36 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). According to Lalbazar (Kolkata Police headquarters) sources, there are allegations of extortion against the arrested councillor. On Tuesday afternoon, police personnel from Narkeldanga police station went to arrest Singh. At that time, a section of local residents protested in front of his house, alleging that he was also involved in threatening and beating up o…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Delhi Police’s Special Cell has arrested three alleged sharpshooters linked to the Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu gang along with two suspected arms suppliers, foiling a planned firing incident in the national capital that was allegedly aimed at extortion, officials said on Sunday.Police said the accused had been tasked by jailed gangster Sangwan, also known as Nandu, to open fire at a clinic in Delhi’s Chhawla area as part of an extortion bid. Three semi-automatic pistols, f…
Surat, May 20 (IANS) The Surat Crime Branch has arrested a wanted accused carrying a reward of Rs 1.5 lakh in connection with multiple cases of extortion, attempted murder and Arms Act offences registered across Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, officials said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Anand Singh alias Sholay Singh alias Sachin Singh (26), was apprehended near the Biodiversity Park gate in the Khatodara area of Surat during an operation based on specific intelligence inputs.Officials ad…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Police action against Trinamool Congress leaders facing corruption charges continued across West Bengal, with multiple arrests reported in separate incidents, officials said on Monday.In the first incident, former Dinhata Municipality chairman Gouri Shankar Maheshwari was arrested in the building plan approval fraud case last night. Just a day before, the police had arrested Dinhata Municipality employee Moumita Bhattacharya. Moumita was remanded to three days of police cu…
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) The Kolkata Police have arrested a person with firearms and cartridges from the Banshdroni area in the southern outskirts of the state capital.The police said on Sunday that two improvised country-made semi-automatic firearms, along with four live cartridges, were recovered from his possession.”Acting on specific information, Kolkata Police arrested Satyabrata Basu Roy (28), resident of Niranjan Pally, Kolkata, under the jurisdiction of Bansdroni Police Station,” said Kolk…