Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) A large quantity of firearms and cartridges was recovered in Basanti in South 24 Parganas district on Saturday, leading to the arrest of two local Trinamool Congress leaders.The names of the arrested persons are Shaokat Gayen and Zafar Sheikh.The Basanti police and a team of the West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) jointly conducted the search operation and recovered the firearms.According to the police, 14 long-range firearms and 95 rounds of ammunition were recovered fr…
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Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) At least five people were arrested, and two minors were detained by the police for allegedly beating a man to death in South 24 Parganas district’s Kultali area, the police said on Sunday. According to the police, the man from Kerala was allegedly tied up with a rope and beaten up in Kultali on suspicion of being a thief.The man died due to the beating. Although the incident took place on June 9, the police came to know about the details of the crime through social media …
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Two separate complaints have been filed on Saturday against the Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, at two different police stations in two different districts of West Bengal over two separate allegations. The first police complaint has been filed at the Siliguri Cyber Police Station under Siliguri Metropolitan Police in Darjeeling district in the northern sector.In that complaint, a businessman Sanjay Kumar Singhal ac…
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee was injured while submitting a memorandum at Chanditala police station in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Sunday to protest the arrest and detention of party workers. He claimed that a stone was hurled at him. The Trinamool MP was seen falling on the road with a head injury. He pointed his finger at BJP workers for the attack. However, the BJP has denied the allegation and said Banerjee faced the wrath of the people who have been tortured by …
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) After making himself almost homebound since the results of the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections were announced on May 4 and restricting himself to occasional issuing of social media statements, Trinamool Congress’ general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, will resume his public political activities from Saturday onwards.According to information shared by Trinamool Congress on Friday, Banerjee, the three-time Lok Sabha membe…
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Two Trinamool Congress leaders have been arrested in two separate districts of West Bengal on charges of corruption, the police said on Tuesday. The police have arrested the Chairman of Baduria municipality, Dipankar Bhattacharya in Baduria of North 24 Parganas district. Nearly Rs 80 lakh and several bundles of tarpaulins bought with government funds were recovered from him.Meanwhile, large amount of government goods were also recovered from the house of Trinamool regional…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Falta in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district made it to the national lexicon last month when a political contest, framed almost like a cinematic clash with a “Singham vs. Pushpa” narrative, caught the people’s imagination. The “Singham” label was for Ajay Pal Sharma, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer known for his tough policing style and reputation as an “encounter specialist” in Uttar Pradesh. He was deployed as an Election Commission police obser…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted temporary relief to Paresh Ram Das, Trinamool Congress MLA from Canning Paschim constituency in South 24 Parganas district. The MLA had approached the High Court seeking protection from arrest in the wake of several criminal cases filed against him.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya on Thursday ordered that the police will not be able to take any action against the MLA till June 30.However, at the same time, the court also ordered that th…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Re-polling commenced for Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal from 7 a.m. on Thursday under a blanket security coverage provided by the 35 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel, a number significantly high for a single constituency.The polling process had been peaceful till the time the report was filed.With Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan announcing his withdrawal from the contest recently, political o…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Just two days before the re-election in Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district, Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan said he will not contest the election. However, the Trinamool has categorically stated that this decision is Jahangir’s personal call and not the party’s directive. On the last day of campaigning on Tuesday, Jahangir announced, “I am not contesting this election.” However, an insider from West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer’s office …