Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police, on Thursday morning, took over the probe of the ghastly murder of Chandranath Rath, the long-time personal assistant of Suvendu Adhikari, who was shot dead by a bike-borne man.Initial investigation revealed that while Rath was returning home on Wednesday night from a programme of the BJP, his vehicle was followed by a motorcycle with the killer as the driver.Just as Rath’s vehicle reached Doharia crossing …
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Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) A fake number plate was used in the motorcycle used in the assassination of Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant of the outgoing Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, confirmed Director General of Police (DGP) Siddh Nath Gupta. At around 1.30 a.m. on Thursday, Gupta arrived at the Viva City Hospital at Madhyamgram in the North 24 Parganas district, where Rath was declared dead after being brought there in bullet-hit condition on Wednesday n…
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) A total of 200 FIRs have been registered and 433 arrests made in connection with incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal since the results of the recently concluded Assembly elections were declared on May 4, Director General of Police (DGP) Siddh Nath Gupta said on Wednesday.In addition to the 433 arrests made for direct involvement in cases of post-poll violence, the DGP said that 1,100 persons have so far been placed under preventive detention.The DGP’s statement…
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Just 48 hours before the crucial second and final phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, the Union Home Ministry on Monday issued an order extending the tenure of the current state Director General of Police (DGP) Siddh Nath Gupta by six months.Gupta was supposed to retire from service on April 30.Under Secretary, Home Ministry, Sanjeev Kumar, on Monday, sent a communique to West Bengal Chief Secretary, Dushyant Nariala, to intimate him about the extension to Gupt…
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a video clip broadcast by a Bengali news channel in which allegedly derogatory language was used by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee against people from the Scheduled Caste community.The Commission’s intervention comes at a politically sensitive time, with the state in the midst of Assembly elections, and has triggered fresh debate over the content and context of the remarks …
Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) Tension-prone pockets across different districts of West Bengal have been kept under a blanket security cover since Thursday morning, anticipating tension and violence over Ram Navami processions later in the day.Special security measures have been adopted across the entire Kolkata-adjacent Hooghly district, Chandannagar in Hooghly district, and Islampur in North Dinajpur district, keeping in mind instances of massive violence and riot-like situations during processions …
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has sought names of the Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in the West Bengal for selecting one from among them as the new permanent Director General of Police (DGP). Currently, Peeyush Pandey is the acting DGP.The last permanent DGP in West Bengal was Rajeev Kumar’s predecessor, Manoj Malviya, who retired from his services in 2023.Sources in the state secretariat, Nabanna, said that following a communication in the matter from …