Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) Trinamool Congress candidate, Jahangir Khan on Tuesday criticised Election Commission-appointed police observer Ajay Pal Sharma, after he was seen issuing threats to his family members and locals in Falta constituency in South 24 Parganas district’s Diamond Harbour.Speaking to IANS, the Trinamool candidate from Falta constituency said, “Around 3 P.M. yesterday, he came and tried to threaten my security staff at this party office. Then he went and tried to threaten my fam…
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Patna, April 28 (IANS) As the second phase of the highly anticipated West Bengal Assembly elections approaches, BJP Bihar President Sanjay Saraogi on Tuesday backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks, stating that the state is facing a difficult situation and that people are in distress under the Trinamool Congress government led by Mamata Banerjee. Speaking to IANS, Saraogi said, “The Prime Minister has rightly pointed out that West Bengal is going through a challenging phase. The peopl…
Chennai, April 19 (IANS) With just five days remaining for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the state government to transfer senior IPS officer K.A. Senthil Velan from his post as Inspector General of Police (Intelligence) and appoint Avinash Kumar in his place with immediate effect.In an order issued on Sunday, the ECI instructed that Avinash Kumar, a 2004-batch IPS officer, be posted as the new IG (Intelligence), underscoring the need for a…
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday conducted raids at the residence of Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner (DCP) Shantanu Sinha Biswas.The ED officials reached the DCP’s house on Fern Road in Ballygunge at 7 a.m. It is reported that a search is underway at the house.Officials said the search operation was being held in connection with the Sona Pappu syndicate case in the Ballygunge area of South Kolkata. Biswas was once the Officer-in-Charge of Kalighat police sta…
Raipur, April 3 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh Police Department has issued an amended order, entrusting the command of Janjgir-Champa district to Nivedita Pal, Commandant of the 6th Battalion, who has now been appointed as Officer-in-Charge (In-charge SP) of the district. The amendment modifies the previous order that had assigned the additional charge of Janjgir-Champa to Vimal Kumar Bais.The fresh directive was issued by the Director General of Police (DGP), keeping in view departmental requirements…
Patna, April 2 (IANS) Former Bihar Director General of Police (DGP) Gupteshwar Pandey has sparked controversy with a sensational claim about the origins of kidnapping crimes in the state.Speaking to media persons at Patna Airport on Thursday, Pandey alleged that the “culture of kidnapping” in Bihar was not initiated by criminals but by a serving IPS officer.He claimed that during a period when dacoity was rampant in Bettiah and Bagaha, a Superintendent of Police (SP) from the Andhra Pradesh …
Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday approached the Election Commission of India (ECI), seeking the removal of Jayant Kant, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the Bihar cadre, as the Commission-appointed police observer for four assembly constituencies in the minority-dominated Malda district of West Bengal, because he is the husband of a BJP leader from Bihar. A letter on this count was submitted to the ECI by Trinamool Congress’s national working committee me…
Mumbai, March 11 (IANS) Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday announced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly that a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Divisional Commissioner Pravin Gedam, will conduct a high-level probe into alleged large-scale irregularities in land acquisition for National Highways and other projects in Jalgaon district.The Minister clarified that the committee will include two IAS officers and one IPS officer to ensure that the crimin…
Amaravati, March 9 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday directed Bihar Inspector General of Police, Sunil Kumar Naik, to appear before Andhra Pradesh Police till March 12 for questioning in the alleged custodial torture of former Member of Parliament K. Raghurama Krishna Raju.While hearing arguments on the anticipatory bail petition, the High Court directed the Bihar cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer to appear before the police for three more days.The police quizzed Naik for th…
Amaravati, March 5 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh police questioned Bihar cadre IPS officer, M. Sunil Kumar Naik, for about seven hours on Thursday in the alleged custodial torture of former Member of Parliament K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, who is now Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly.Sunil Kumar Naik, who is the Director of Fire Services of Bihar, was questioned by Vizianagaram Superintendent of Police A. R. Damodar, who is the investigating officer in the case, at Central Crime Station, Guntur.Su…