Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) In the run-up to the two-phase Assembly elections, Kolkata Police have issued strict instructions to the police stations under its jurisdiction to immediately execute pending arrest warrants against miscreants.This time, Lalbazar (Kolkata Police headquarters) has asked them to take immediate action in this regard. It has been instructed that either those who have warrants in their names must be arrested, or Lalbazar must be informed about the action being taken so far ag…
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Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected the plea from former Kolkata Police Commissioner and the current Additional Director General (ADG) of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal, Supratim Sarkar, for relief from going as a central observer to poll-bound Tamil Nadu.The Commission has also directed Sarkar to report as the police observer for five Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, namely Tirunelveli, Ambasamudram, Palayamkottai, Nanguneri,…
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the former commissioner of Kolkata Police, Supratim Sarkar, to go on deputation as police observer in Tamil Nadu, which is also going to polls like West Bengal later this month. However, Sarkar had pleaded to the Commission for relief from this deputation to Tamil Nadu on medical grounds, as confirmed by an insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.Just a few days before the announ…
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) Political tensions continue to simmer in West Bengal amid the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, as the final voter list is set to be published on February 28 in line with Supreme Court directives. West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal confirmed on Thursday that the list will be released on schedule, but with special markings to address ongoing cases and deletions. Agarwal explained that the final roll will include two additional features …
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Wednesday sought a detailed and comprehensive report from the Kolkata Police Commissioner, Supratim Sarkar, in connection with the incident involving the heckling of the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, in front of the CEO’s office in central Kolkata on Tuesday evening.While the Leader of the Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, accompanied by a group of se…
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) The son of former Kolkata Police Commissioner and current Director of Security Manoj Verma has fallen victim to a cyber crime, police sources said on Wednesday.It is learnt that he filed a complaint with the Cyber Crime Police Station at Lalbazar on February 2, alleging that Rs 30,000 was fraudulently withdrawn from his bank account. Although the incident took place in Delhi, Manoj Verma’s son, Piyush Verma, came to Kolkata to lodge the complaint.According to the police,…
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, Jan 31 (IANS) In a major reshuffle, the West Bengal government on Saturday issued transfer orders for 27 officers across the state police, including Kolkata. Among the significant changes, Murshidabad Superintendent of Police (SP) Sunny Raj was transferred. The move came hours after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the probe into the recent violence in Beldanga.Dhritiman Sarkar has been appointed as the new SP of Murshidabad. Sarkar has earlier served in districts such …
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) A political slugfest has surfaced in West Bengal over the appointment of former additional director general (South Bengal), Supratim Sarkar as the new Commissioner of Kolkata Police, which was officially announced by the West Bengal Police Directorate on Friday.Top BJP leaders from West Bengal claimed that Sarkar was gifted with the post by the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government for managing the tension at Sandeshkhali, a conglomeration of islands in North 24 Parga…