Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) West Bengal police have arrested a law officer of the Howrah Municipal Corporation and an NGO functionary on charges of allegedly extorting lakhs of rupees from hoteliers, private hospital owners and real estate developers in Howrah city, officials said on Thursday.Officers of Golabari police station have also arrested the head of an NGO who was helping the law officer. The police have started questioning the arrested people in stages. It is also being investigated whethe…
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Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) The West Bengal Human Rights Commission has ordered an inquiry into a complaint filed by Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) joint President Ranjit Sur over allegations that officers of Golabari, Shibpur and Sankrail police stations made accused persons march in public wearing only innerwear, with ropes tied around their waists. Officials aware of the development said this on Saturday. The complaint, filed on May 26, referred to a newspaper report alleg…
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) The two main accused in the murder of a promoter in West Bengal’s Howrah district were arrested from Delhi on Thursday by a state police team, an official said.Harun Khan and Rohit Hossain were arrested in the national capital’s Jama Masjid area and are being brought back to Kolkata on transit remand, Howrah city police’s ACP, North-I Division, Shaik Habeebulla, said.The arrested will be handed over to the West Bengal CID, which is conducting the investigation in the case…
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) The Howrah City Police arrested three persons for allegedly aiding those who are involved in the murder of promoter Shafiq Khan in the Peelkhana area of Howrah, officials said. The two main accused, identified as Harun Khan and Rohit Hossain, who allegedly shot the 27-year-old in close range on Wednesday morning, are still at large.The police said the three suspects were arrested from the Jorasanko area of north Kolkata late at night following specific inputs. The arrested…
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) A youth was shot dead from point-blank range by two miscreants in the Golabari Police Station area of Howrah district, West Bengal, on Wednesday.The shocking incident, which occurred around 4 a.m., was caught on CCTV footage, said the police.The deceased youth has been identified as Safiq Khan. As per the CCTV footage, he was surrounded by two men. While one stood in front of him and another stood behind. Suddenly, they pulled out guns and shot at his head. As soon as the …