Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken serious note of the large number of police personnel deployed by West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police to provide personal security to Trinamool Congress leaders at various levels in the state.The Commission has also flagged an allegedly biased approach in the selection of leaders for state-provided security cover, with ruling party leaders enjoying disproportionately high security, sources in the Commission said.The ECI no…
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Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) Kolkata Police on Friday issued summons for interrogation to two Trinamool Congress councillors of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) in connection with the prolonged tension outside the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, in central Kolkata, following protest demonstrations by ruling party activists that began on Tuesday and continued till Thursday.The two councillors summoned are Santi Ranjan Kundu from Ward 32 and Sachin Kumar Singh from Ward…
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Friday, sought a status report from the West Bengal Police on the implementation of the Commission’s earlier order for withdrawal of the state-provided security cover for tainted political leaders with criminal reports irrespective of their political affiliations.The ECI has asked the state police’s nodal officers for the forthcoming two-phase Assembly elections to send the status report by noon.Earlier, the Commission had dire…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Amid continuing tension and demonstrations outside the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, in central Kolkata since Tuesday afternoon, which persisted on Wednesday, the Kolkata Police have expanded the area around the office where prohibitory orders are in force.The orders, which bar the assembly of more than a specified number of people at a time, will remain in place till the Assembly elections in the state next month are over and the results are a…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday issued a strong note of caution, saying that under no circumstances would it tolerate hooliganism in front of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.At the same time, the ECI has specifically, officially, and categorically held Trinamool Congress responsible for such hooliganism in front of the CEO’s office.Such a strong reaction from the Commission has come amid two developments starting from Tue…
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) Kolkata Police has taken a significant step to further enhance administrative preparedness ahead of the Assembly Elections. With the upcoming polls in view, several top-ranking police officials have been designated as Nodal Officers, said a senior officer of Kolkata Police on Tuesday.These appointments were announced through a directive issued by the Office of the Kolkata Police Commissioner, the official said.The order, released by the Administrative Branch (Force Secti…
Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday evening announced the transfer of a total of 184 inspector-ranking police officers in West Bengal amid the crucial two-phase Assembly polls in the state.Out of the 184 inspector-ranking officers transferred, 153 are attached to the West Bengal Police, while the remaining 31 are with the Kolkata Police.The majority of these officers are posted either as inspectors-in-charge or officers-in-charge of different police stations…
Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday directed the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police to execute all pending non-bailable arrest warrants in the state within the next 10 days and take into custody all those against whom such warrants have been issued within that period.At the same time, the Commission also directed the state police and the city police to dispose of all poll-related criminal cases from the previous elections at the earliest.At the same time,…
Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) Investigations into the RG Kar elevator death case revealed that all three lift operators who were on duty on the night of March 20 when the incident took place were completely inebriated due to overconsumption of alcohol and were not in a position to attend to duties.Investigation revealed that the mishap in the hospital building that houses the trauma care centre could also have happened in any other lift, since the persons who were supposed to operate those elevators …
Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday sought a detailed report from Kolkata Police on the murder of Trinamool Congress worker Rahul Dey (36), who was killed in a shootout between two rival groups while they were sitting and allegedly consuming alcohol on the rooftop of a residence at Bagha Jatin in the southern outskirts of Kolkata late Wednesday night.In the shootout, another individual, Jeet Mukherjee, sustained bullet injuries.The Commission has also soug…