Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced the suspension of five police officers who were entangled in controversies and accused of partisan conduct during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress regime. While addressing the West Bengal Assembly on the concluding day of the six-day extended budget session, the Chief Minister announced the names of the five suspended officers, including an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer.The IPS offi…
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Kolkata, July 11 (IANS) A trial court in Kolkata on Saturday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe allegations by the parents of the R.G. Kar rape and murder victim about tampering with viscera specimens of the victim, thus manipulating her final viscera report. The additional judicial magistrate of the lower court at Sealdah in South Kolkata directed the CBI to initiate the investigation in the matter immediately and also submit a preliminary report to the same court by Ju…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) The suspension period of three Indian Police Service (IPS) officers accused of dereliction of duty in connection with the rape and murder of a woman doctor at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, within the hospital premises in August 2024, on Monday was extended by another 120 days.West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced the suspension of the three accused IPS officers in the case, namely the-then Commissioner of Kolkata Police, Vineet…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Amid several negativities tagged with them during the 15 years of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress regime in West Bengal from 2011 to 2026, Kolkata Police have started undergoing a series of reforms under the new Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP rule in the state, distinctively to revive the force’s past glory as the “Scotland Yard of the East”. During the last 15 years, there have been several instances where the image of Kolkata Police (previously Calcutta Police…
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) The process has begun to recall those Kolkata Police personnel who were transferred to punishment postings in districts ten years ago, in 2016, by the previous Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government for reportedly playing an impartial role in the Assembly elections that year by strictly following the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s guidelines and ignoring the verbal directions of the ruling party leaders.An insider from the city police said that as many as 82 ju…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday indirectly hinted at a possible investigation into the assets of a company allegedly linked to a senior Trinamool Congress leader, although he stopped short of naming the individual.Addressing a public gathering in the Falta Assembly constituency under the Diamond Harbour subdivision in South 24 Parganas district, where repolling is scheduled for May 21, the Chief Minister repeatedly referred to the leader as “Mr Neph…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Supriya Mukherjee, had filed a complaint with the West Bengal Women and Child Welfare Minister, Agnimitra Paul, against the Officer-in-Charge of a police station. ASI Supriya Mukherjee stated that miscreants were smuggling diesel with the help of Officer-in-Charge of Andal Police Station.The ASI said that when she tried to stop it, the senior police officer harassed her and she was given a less importan…
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) The new and the ninth Chief Minister of West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, on Friday announced the suspension of three Indian Police Service (I.P.S.) officers including a former Commissioner of the Kolkata Police in connection with the rape and murder of a lady junior doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata within the hospital premises in August 2024.Those suspended include the-then Commissioner of Kolkata Police, Vineet Kumar Goyal, the-then Dep…
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) Representatives of different state and central agencies faced the ire of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, at a crucial meeting between the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) full bench and the nodal officers of different state and central agencies on the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled later this year.The ECI’s full bench, headed by the CEC, is currently on a two-day visit to West Bengal to review the progress of the judici…
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) The news of the promotion of Seema Pahuja, the investigation officer in the case of ghastly rape and murder of a woman junior doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, within the hospital premises in August 2024, has left the parents of the victim frustrated.Recently, CBI released a list of Additional Superintendents being promoted to the rank of Superintendents.The list contained the name of Pahuja, who had been elevated from the position of Add…