Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Influential Trinamool Congress leader Iftikhar Ahmed, alias Pappu, has been arrested by the West Bengal’s East Burdwan district police in connection with multiple criminal cases, including alleged extortion at gunpoint and issuing death threats, police said on Thursday.Police said Ahmed was arrested on Wednesday in the Viringi area of Durgapur in neighbouring West Burdwan district. He is the husband of former Burdwan Municipality councillor Shefali Begum, who resigne…
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Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress councillor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Shams Iqbal got bail in a city court within hours of his arrest in an extortion case. Officers of Garden Reach Police Station in Kolkata’s port area arrested Iqbal on Monday morning. However, Iqbal, who is close to former Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim, was granted bail after the complainant withdrew the case.He was granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 1,000. According to the police, the case was wit…
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) Two Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders have been arrested in West Bengal’s East Burdwan district on charges of extortion, corruption, and criminal intimidation, police said on Sunday. Both had been absconding and will be produced before a court.The arrested leaders have been identified as Sumit Sharma and Syed Kalimuddin alias Bappa. Sumit is a councillor of Ward No. 1 of Burdwan Municipality. He is known to be close to former Trinamool MLA Khokan Das, who was arrested earl…
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 …
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…