Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) A father and grandfather have been arrested in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district for allegedly killing a two-month-old girl and burying her in a forested area, police said on Thursday. The incident was reported from the Jagatdal area, where the infant’s body was later exhumed and sent for post-mortem examination at Barrackpore Sub-Divisional Hospital.According to police, the accused have been identified as Apurba Banerjee, the child’s father, and Vikas Banerjee, he…
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Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) A 40-year-old man was arrested in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl after luring her with a mobile phone, police said on Monday.The husband of a former Trinamool Congress councillor has also come under the scanner after allegations surfaced that he tried to shield the accused. The incident has triggered a huge uproar in Ward No 2 of Dum Dum Municipality in North 24 Parganas district. The victim’s mother and local resid…
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) The police on Saturday detained one person in connection with the explosion in a house in the Rajarhat area in the northern outskirts of Kolkata. The police said the prime suspect, Md Shamim alias Salim, a resident of the Kamarhati area of North 24 Parganas district, was on the run. According to the police, an explosion took place in a house in the Dakshin Narayanpur area of Rajarhat last night. One person was injured in the explosion. It is learnt that two people rented …
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Tirthankar Ghosh, the defeated Trinamool Congress candidate from Panihati Assembly constituency in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal in the recently concluded election, was arrested on Monday on charges of involvement in various anti-social activities, such as alleged lottery scam, extortion and threatening people with firearms.Tirthankar, the son of Nirmal Ghosh, the former Chief Whip of Trinamool Congress in the West Bengal Assembly during the previous Mamat…
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) A husband attempted suicide after hacking his wife to death on the road in broad daylight. The incident took place in Sodepur, North 24 Parganas district, on Wednesday. According to the police, the deceased woman has been identified as Geeta Das, aged 33. Her husband hacked her with a sharp weapon on School Road in the Future Gate area of Sodepur. She soon collapsed on the road. The incident took place in front of locals. Before anyone could do anything, the young man also…
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) The members of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case of the death of a 12-year-old minor girl, allegedly raped and murdered, at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district last week, have arrested one more person.The arrested person has been identified as Kabir Molla. This is the fourth arrest made in the matter since Sunday afternoon after the body of the victim, a minor girl, was recovered from a pond in the Suryapur area in Baruipur.Already, Pravas Mondal, t…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) The suspension period of three Indian Police Service (IPS) officers accused of dereliction of duty in connection with the rape and murder of a woman doctor at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, within the hospital premises in August 2024, on Monday was extended by another 120 days.West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced the suspension of the three accused IPS officers in the case, namely the-then Commissioner of Kolkata Police, Vineet…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) The West Bengal Police on Wednesday arrested former Trinamool Congress councillor from Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation in North 24 Parganas district, Debraj Chakraborty, in relation to an ongoing disproportionate assets case registered against him. Last week, the Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench of Justice Jay Sengupta rejected the anticipatory bail plea from Chakraborty, the husband of former Trinamool Congress MLA Aditi Munshi, an acclaimed devotional singer in…
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Thursday approached a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging the notice from the Criminal Investigation (CID) of the West Bengal Police for the collection of his voice samples on June 30 as directed by a district court in North 24 Parganas district earlier this week.The collection of the voice samples of Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of former West Bengal Chie…
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) The cyber police in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district has launched a detailed investigation into three bank accounts belonging to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) that were recently placed under debit freeze following police directions.Sources familiar with the investigation at the Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police Station under the Bidhannagar City Police said officers are scrutinising inward and outward transactions in these accounts over the past five years. The probe …