Kolkata, June 16 (IANS) The Diamond Harbour Police in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Tuesday arrested Maidul Islam, a prominent leader of Trinamool Congress’ teachers’ cell and a close confidant of the party’s general secretary and Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee.Diamond Harbour is Abhishek Banerjee’s Lok Sabha constituency.Maidul Islam was initially detained by the cops early this morning for interrogation, and later was shown as arrested by the Diamond Harbour Police.The…
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Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) Trinamool Congress leader Jahangir Khan, who had withdrawn from the Falta Assembly re-poll, was paraded by police in half pants and a T-shirt on the roads of the constituency in South 24 Parganas district on Thursday. The police took the Trinamool leader around Falta. However, unlike other places, no rope was tied around his waist. According to police sources, Jahangir was taken to his home. He was also taken to the Trinamool office. A search operation was conducted there…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) BJP leader Abhijit Das, also known as Bobby, has filed a police complaint against Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee at Diamond Harbour police station in South 24 Parganas.Das said on Wednesday that the complaint pertains to an alleged assault on him in 2018. The complainant claimed that no action was taken even after informing the police during the Trinamool Congress government’s time.Abhijit Das, alias Bobby, is a long-time BJP leader and is a known …
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) Amid tight security, Trinamool Congress leader from Falta in South 24 Parganas, Jahangir Khan alias ‘Pushpa’, was produced in the Diamond Harbour sub-divisional court on Tuesday, even as the local Bar Association decided that no lawyer would represent him. Heavy security arrangements were put in place in and around the court premises. A large number of police personnel and central forces were deployed to prevent any untoward incident. Multiple security cordons were set…
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police on Monday issued a fresh notice to Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, asking him to be present at the CID headquarters in south Kolkata by 5 p.m. on Tuesday for questioning in relation to an ongoing CID probe into alleged mismatches in the signatures of some Trinamool Congress legislators in a crucial resolution pertaining to appointments to key posts …
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Jahangir Khan was arrested by Bengal police near the India-Nepal border on Monday, in connection with an extortion case, officials said. The arrest brings to an end days of police chase as the Falta candidate had been on the run and was evading law enforcement agencies despite multiple criminal investigations against him. Jahangir Khan, who attained popularity as ‘Pushpa’ during Bengal Assembly elections was arrested by the Special Task …
Chennai, June 6 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed charges in a Special Court at Poonamallee, Chennai, against four former cadres of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) for harbouring the proclaimed offenders (POs) involved in the Ramalingam murder case, an official said.The chargesheet named K. Mohideen, Mohamed Imran, Thameem Ansari, and Asmath, for knowingly harbouring the assailants and conspirators involved in the fatal attack on Ramalingam in Thirubhuvanam…
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress legislator, Saokat Molla, was remanded to 14 days of NIA custody on Saturday by a special court here, in connection with a bomb blast at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal before the recently concluded Assembly polls. He will be presented at the NIA court again on June 19.After his arrest on Friday night, the sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) recovered a mobile phone and a pen drive from Saokat’s possession. Th…
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested former Trinamool Congress legislator Saokat Molla in connection with the bomb blast at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. While attempting to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh through the coastal borders in South 24 Parganas district on Thursday, Saokat was spotted and chased by local villagers at the border-adjacent Chunakhali area. He managed to escape at that point.Earlier in the day, some close ass…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has conducted extensive searches in connection with the Bhangar bomb blast case in West Bengal, and arrested one more accused into connection with the matter, central probe agency officials said. With the arrest of Sainur Molla, the driver of the Scorpio car used to transport the bomb makers who were killed and injured in the explosion, the total arrests in the case have gone up to three, NIA officials said on Thursday in a stateme…