Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) A close aide and Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to former Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim has been suspended by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) following his arrest and subsequent police custody in connection with the recent collapse of the roof of an under-construction warehouse in Kolkata.A KMC official said on Wednesday that Kalicharan Banerjee has been suspended under KMC rules, which mandate suspension if an employee remains in police custody for more than 72 hours….
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Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the case of the under-construction warehouse roof collapse at Taratala in South Kolkata last week that claimed 16 lives, has assigned architectural experts from Jadavpur University (JU) to identify the flaws in the structural design of the collapsed structure. Insiders from the city police said the team of architectural experts from JU, the premier engineering institute in the state and the country, will examine wheth…
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the case of the under-construction warehouse roof collapse at Taratala that claimed 16 lives, has sought further details from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) authorities.The warehouse project was underway on land owned by KoPT, which was taken on lease by the warehouse owner, Sambhunath Behra. On the other hand, the plan for the construction was sanctioned by the KMC authoriti…
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) Kalicharan Banerjee, alias Kali, the then Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to former Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim, who was arrested on June 25 evening in connection with the collapse of the roof of an under-construction warehouse in the Taratala area of Kolkata, was on Friday remanded to police custody till July 4 by a court in Kolkata.Banerjee was produced before the lower court at Alipore in South Kolkata on Friday evening. Public prosecutor Sourin Ghoshal, in his arguments,…
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) Police on Thursday evening detained Kalicharan Banerjee, alias Kali, the then Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to former Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim, in connection with the collapse of the roof of an under-construction warehouse in the Taratala area of Kolkata. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari had referred to him during his address earlier in the day. Although he did not mention his full name, he said: “No plan is passed in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation unless Kali is ment…