Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) The Election Commission has taken several steps to ensure free and peaceful Assembly elections in West Bengal, and amid these, Kolkata Police are preparing a list of the most notorious criminals. It was learnt on Tuesday that each police station has been instructed to identify the most notorious criminals who can cause unrest during the election. Before elections, the police prepare a list of ‘trouble mongers’, with each police station sending it to the city police headqu…
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Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) The Election Commission has suspended the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kasba police station over the omission of Sona Pappu alias Biswajit Poddar’s name from the list of active criminals, a Commission insider said on Sunday.Ahead of the Assembly polls, the Commission had directed the state and Kolkata Police to prepare a list of absconding and declared criminals. It had also assigned specific responsibilities to the OCs of all police stations in this regard. In this instan…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday recovered over Rs 1 crore in cash and seized weapons during searches at multiple locations in Kolkata ahead of the Assembly elections, officials said.Investigators recovered more than Rs 1 crore in cash from a residence in the Behala area, linked to a company executive. Weapons were also recovered during a separate search at the Kasba residence of businessman Biswajit Poddar, an official of the central agency said.ED officials…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted raids and search operations at several locations in Kolkata in an extortion-related money laundering case.The operation was launched almost simultaneously at 7 a.m. The list includes the house of businessman Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu in the Kasba area of South Kolkata. Apart from this, they raided several places, including the office of a company in Ballygunge.According to an ED official, several FIRs ha…
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IANS) Three more people have been held in connection with the clash between two groups in the Golpark area of Kolkata, police said on Sunday.With this, the number of arrests in this incident has now risen to 23.However, Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu, whom locals claimed was the main accused, has been at large.Locals were questioning why Pappu had not yet been arrested.On Saturday night, officers from Rabindra Sarobar police station arrested three young men, Sougata Basu, Mintu…
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) Police have arrested two more persons in connection with the clash between two groups in the Golpark area of south Kolkata, taking the total number of arrests to 19 in connection with Sunday’s violence involving bombing and firing. The main accused, Sona Pappu, however, remains absconding.Since the disturbance on Sunday night, the Rabindra Sarobar police station has been conducting continuous raids to arrest the accused. Two more people were apprehended during a raid on T…
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) Kolkata Police on Tuesday arrested two more persons in connection with the clash between two groups in south Kolkata’s Golpark area, taking the total number of arrests in this case to 16. Babu Sona alias Rahul Das, known to be a close associate of the main accused Sona Pappu, was arrested by the police on Tuesday. Another criminal named Shubankar Roy was also apprehended. Both are known to be Pappu’s accomplices. Although Sona Pappu did a Facebook Live this afternoon,…
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) Kolkata Police have arrested four more persons in connection with the recent clash between two groups in the Golpark area of south Kolkata, taking the total number of arrests to 14 since Sunday night. However, the prime accused, Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu, remains absconding, police said on Tuesday.The violence erupted late Sunday night on Kakulia Road under the Rabindra Sarobar police station area. In the aftermath, local residents repeatedly named Sona Pappu and his…
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) Kolkata Police on Monday arrested 10 people in connection with a violent clash between two groups in the Golpark area of south Kolkata on Sunday night, officials said. The arrested have been identified as Bobby Hela (28), Arjun Mallick (29), Sk. Bacchu (38), Mukesh Paswan (32), Rabin Das (29), Sujan Haldar (19), Raj Haldar (24), Gopal Sarkar (29), Ajay Haldar (29) and Sandip Naskar (18).All of them are scheduled to be produced before a Kolkata court later in the day.Accordi…