Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Kolkata Police have filed a charge sheet in the murder case of Ashok Paswan, a youth from a locality falling under Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim’s ward, officials said on Saturday.The young man was brutally murdered on the street in Chetla in south Kolkata last October. He was allegedly killed by thrusting a crowbar into his throat. The police have mentioned the motive behind Ashok’s murder in the charge sheet.Ashok was murdered near the number 17 bus stand in Chetla, South…
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Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) In the case of the gang rape of a female student at South Calcutta Law College in Kasba, charges have been framed in the Alipore court, sources said on Wednesday. Charges have been framed against all four accused in the case. The trial will commence on January 27.According to sources, there are a total of 83 witnesses in the Kasba law college case. Their testimonies will begin on January 27. Charges have been framed against the accused under multiple sections, including ga…
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) The kingpin of an inter-state drug trafficking ring was arrested from Kolkata, police said on Tuesday.The accused was identified as Enarul Sheikh.According to Malda district police sources, the notorious criminal was caught on Monday during a raid in the Entally police station area.Acting on a tip-off, a special team of Malda district police conducted a raid along with the Kolkata Police. After a prolonged search, Enarul was caught red-handed.Enarul, a resident of Malda, i…
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) More than 10 people were injured after a government-owned passenger bus overturned after losing control near the Topsia intersection in Kolkata.According to local and police sources, the bus suddenly overturned near the Topsia intersection while travelling from Park Circus towards Science City.Eyewitnesses claimed that the bus tilted and fell onto the road with a loud crash. The passengers inside the bus started screaming in panic.Locals rushed to the scene upon hearing th…
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) Kolkata Police has started the process of making the neighbours of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) director Pratik Jain, witnesses in the investigation against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over the latter’s raid and search operations at Jain’s residence at Loudon Street in central Kolkata on January 8.Sources said on Monday that already, some of the neighbours have been summoned by the investigating team of the city police for questioning on their experie…
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) Kolkata Police have decided to formally approach the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to obtain the names and details of officers who conducted raids last week at the I-PAC office in Salt Lake and the residence of its director, Pratik Jain, on Loudon Street.Simultaneously, city police investigators will continue efforts to identify ED and CRPF personnel through CCTV footage collected from both locations.Sources said that investigators have already learnt that an ED Assistant D…
Kolkata, January 11 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Sunday, condoled the death of Indian Idol 3 winner and native of Darjeeling, Prashant Tamang, who died in Delhi after suffering a cardiac arrest. Tamang, 43, who rose to fame after winning the Indian Idol season 3 in 2007, was taken to the Dwarka hospital in New Delhi, where he was pronounced dead.Announcing the news of his death, Chief Minister Banerjee offered her condolences.”Saddened by the sudden and untimely demise t…
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IANS) An elderly man was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Kolkata on Sunday, the police said.Kolkata Police recovered his body after breaking open the door of his house in the Amherst Street police station area.The circumstances surrounding the man’s death have created a mystery, as the elderly man was found without any clothing on the lower part of his body and no signs of injury were found.According to police sources, the deceased was identified as Amitabh Dey (62)…
Mumbai, Jan 11 (IANS) Actor-singer Prashant Tamang, who was recently seen in the role of an assassin in the 2nd season of the superhit streaming show ‘Paatal Lok’, has reportedly passed away at the age of 43. He reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest. Prashant was also the winner of the singing reality show ‘Indian Idol’ season 3 in 2007. He hailed from a Nepali-speaking Gorkha family. Before entering the music industry, Tamang served in the Kolkata Police, a background that played a visib…
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IANS) One of the four people who sustained burns following a massive explosion at a firecracker factory in South 24 Parganas district’s Champahati area, succumbed on Sunday, the police said.According to the reports, Gouhari Ganguly succumbed to burns around 1.30 a.m. at MR Bangur Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment.A senior officer of Kolkata Police said, “Early on Sunday morning, one of the critically injured people succumbed to his wounds in the hospital.””Ganguly, who…