Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been conducting raids and search operations at various sites in Kolkata since Friday morning in connection with several cases of money laundering linked to land syndicates, which involve the former Deputy Commissioner of Kolkata Police and the infamous local land mafia figure, Biswajit Poddar, also known as Sona Pappu.Both Sinha Biswas and Pappu are currently in ED custody after being arrested by the central investigating agency officia…
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Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) A complaint has been filed against Bengali actors Parambrata Chatterjee and Swastika Mukherjee with Kolkata Police, accusing them of inciting post-poll violence in 2021 through a social media post. Lawyer Joydeep Sen filed a complaint against the two actors at Gariahat police station on Thursday.Following the development, there was no response from the two actors in this regard.Five years ago, the controversy began around two comments made by Parambrata and Swastika on soc…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed a fresh probe into the R.G. Kar rape and murder case by a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), to be headed by an officer in the rank of Joint Director of the central probe agency.The division bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh passed the order on Thursday afternoon after considering the demands raised by the victim’s family mem…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) In the wake of the Trinamool Congress’s electoral debacle in West Bengal, MP Saayoni Ghosh on Wednesday said that there was a “growing dominance” of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), causing a “communication gap” in the party.During an interaction with IANS, Ghosh addressed questions that have been raised over I-PAC’s role and rumours of “internal conflict” in the Trinamool.While denying having faced any such thing within the party, she asserted that her commu…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) Two-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP from Kolkata (Dakshin) and Kolkata Municipal Corporation Chairperson Mala Roy, along with her son Nirban Roy, on Wednesday surrendered before a lower court here in connection with a case in which they were accused of threatening BJP workers with firearms after the West Bengal Assembly poll results.Both of them applied for bail applications after surrendering. The lower court judge granted bail to both of them against personal bonds …
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party-led West Bengal government has initiated a major overhaul of security and infrastructure at five prominent government hospitals in Kolkata, with authorities announcing stricter surveillance and tighter access control measures across the facilities.The Kolkata Police issued formal directives to the authorities of SSKM Hospital, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, National Medical College and Hospital…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate has filed a series of charges in court against Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu, who was arrested in connection with a syndicate and corruption case. The central investigation agency claimed in court that Sona Pappu used to acquire other people’s land and property at low prices by threatening them.Not only him alone, the Enforcement Directorate has also mentioned a gang of three people in court.The agency claimed that Pappu worked for Behala b…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) The sleuths of Kolkata Police on Tuesday morning arrested Faridul Islam, the mastermind behind the violence at minority-dominated Park Circus area in central Kolkata on Sunday afternoon. Protesters pelted stones and bricks injuring several police personnel while the latter attempted to prevent a violent demonstration against the use of bulldozers to demolish illegal constructions.An insider from the city police said that the arrested person took the lead role in organising…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Monday gave formal permission to the ED to prosecute former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh, who has been tainted in both the R.G. Kar financial irregularities case as well as the rape and murder of a junior doctor of the same hospital in August 2024. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari by sharing the order granting formal permission to the ED on his social media handle.However, since t…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday asserted that attacks on police personnel and law enforcers during protests and demonstrations would no longer be tolerated in West Bengal. The CM made the remarks during his visit to Park Circus, which witnessed violence on Sunday after protesters allegedly pelted stones and bricks at police personnel following attempts to stop a demonstration against the use of bulldozers to demolish illegal constructions.Adhikari said this would…