Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) Four children suffered burns in South 24 Parganas district’s Canning after a drum filled with chemicals exploded, said the police on Wednesday. According to police sources, four children were playing on the roadside on Tuesday evening when a drum filled with chemicals kept nearby exploded.Four minors sustained serious burns in the incident. Unable to bear the pain, a minor jumped into a nearby pond. Three of the children have been sent to MR Bangur Hospital in Kolkata.It w…
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Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) The parents of the woman junior doctor of R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata who became the victim of a ghastly rape and murder within the hospital premises in August 2024, on Tuesday, made a fresh appeal at a trial court here to review the role of Kolkata Police first and then that of Central Bureau of Investigation (CB) in their respective investigation into the matter.The victim’s parents have also appealed to the court to review whether any political inf…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) Kolkata Police have arrested six Bangladeshi nationals from a hotel in central Kolkata for overstaying in India after their visas expired, the police said on Tuesday. Officers from Park Street police station raided the hotel in Collin Street, after receiving information that six Bangladeshis were hiding in the city in fear of returning to their country, as their visas had expired a long time back.In the initial investigation, the police have learned that all these Banglade…
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) Kolkata Police will set up seven new sections under its cyber crime wing to tackle the rising number of cyber fraud cases in the city. Sources at Lalbazar, the city police headquarters, said on Saturday that the initiative has received the green signal from the state secretariat.Kolkata Police have already launched a dedicated helpline number to address complaints related to cyber fraud.The cyber crime police station of Kolkata Police has also been included among these sev…
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) A secondary (Madhyamik) examination student died by allegedly committing suicide in the Topsia area of Kolkata, the police said on Saturday. The girl committed suicide by hanging herself with a veil after her Mathematics examination did not go well.According to police sources, the body of the minor was recovered from her house on Thursday night. The family of the deceased girl claims that she was depressed since the math exam which she took on the same day. The police have…
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) The son of former Kolkata Police Commissioner and current Director of Security Manoj Verma has fallen victim to a cyber crime, police sources said on Wednesday.It is learnt that he filed a complaint with the Cyber Crime Police Station at Lalbazar on February 2, alleging that Rs 30,000 was fraudulently withdrawn from his bank account. Although the incident took place in Delhi, Manoj Verma’s son, Piyush Verma, came to Kolkata to lodge the complaint.According to the police,…
Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) Police have arrested a Bihar-based arms smuggler from the Kasba area in Kolkata and seized firearms and cartridges from his possession. The arrested person has been identified as Mohammad Ishtiaq, 38, a resident of Bihar.The police said that the arrest was made based on inputs that several illegal firearms and ammunition were about to enter the city from the Bihar-Jharkhand region.”Our source network in Bihar and Kolkata quickly became active. After examining all the infor…
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IANS) The Kolkata Police have apprehended two men in relation to the gang-rape of a minor in the Patuli area of the capital city, officials said on Sunday.According to police sources, the minor girl was allegedly taken to a secluded room in the Patuli police station area in south Kolkata on the pretext of going out for a stroll on the eve of Saraswati Puja (January 22) and then was gang-raped.A written complaint was filed by the victim’s family at the Patuli police station after …
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) The Cyber Crime branch of Kolkata Police on Saturday busted an international cybercrime racket targeting American citizens, which was operating from the Maheshtala area of West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, and arrested eight people in this connection.A large amount of digital data, incriminating documents and several electronic devices were seized.According to police sources, five laptops, 12 mobile phones and two routers were seized from the arrested individuals.Ca…
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) The news of the promotion of Seema Pahuja, the investigation officer in the case of ghastly rape and murder of a woman junior doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, within the hospital premises in August 2024, has left the parents of the victim frustrated.Recently, CBI released a list of Additional Superintendents being promoted to the rank of Superintendents.The list contained the name of Pahuja, who had been elevated from the position of Add…