Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) Kolkata Police’s Durga Suraksha Squad on Monday launched a month-long awareness campaign across the city to educate citizens about crimes against women and cyber frauds. The initiative will cover 120 locations across 60 police stations in the city.A senior Kolkata Police officer said that Lalbazar (Kolkata Police headquarters) has selected 120 locations across 60 police stations in the city for a special campaign over the next 30 days.The campaign aims to strengthen publ…
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Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Nand on Sunday asserted that incidents of booth jamming, vote rigging, or booth capturing will not be tolerated under any circumstances during the Assembly elections in the city.The directive was issued after Nand paid an inspection visit to Bhangar Police Station on the southern outskirts of Kolkata.The Election Commission is maintaining strict vigilance over election preparations and security arrangements. In compliance with the Commiss…
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Wednesday, ordered the transfer of five more Indian Police Service officers, in the ranks of Deputy Inspector General (DIG), and all in charge of specific ranges under a division in West Bengal.As per a notification issued by the ECI, Amit Kumar Bharat Rathod will be the new DIG of Raiganj Range, replacing Santosh Uttamrao Nimbalkar.Ajeet Singh Yadav will be the new DIG of the sensitive Murshidabad Range. Yadav replaced Sudheer …
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Friday named Peeyush Pandey as the successor of Rajeev Kumar as the Acting Director General of state police. Kumar is set to retire from service on Saturday.At the same time, the state government had also announced the replacement of the current Kolkata Police Commissioner.The new Kolkata Police Chief will be Suprateem Sarakr, who is currently the Additional Director General of Police (South Bengal).The current Kolkata Police Commissioner, Man…