Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted the Trinamool Congress faction, led by Mamata Banerjee, conditional and limited access to three party accounts that have been subjected to debit restrictions by the bank authorities, following directives from the police and later from the Enforcement Directorate (ED).A petition filed by the Trinamool Congress challenging the debit restriction on these three bank accounts with total deposits of Rs 440 crore…
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Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) The West Bengal Police informed on Thursday that 22 more suspects have been apprehended in the last 24 hours. They have been identified in connection with the lynching of a youth, attacking police, vandalism of public property, including police vehicles and railway tracks, and the outbreak of violence that occurred after the death of a minor girl, who was allegedly raped and killed in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas district.With the arrests of these 22 individuals during the …
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Hours after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday issued a statement alleging dubious transactions through three bank accounts of the Trinamool Congress, on which debit restrictions have already been imposed, the former ruling party in West Bengal issued a statement rejecting the allegations made by the central agency.The Trinamool Congress also described the ED’s action relating to the freezing of its three bank accounts, with total deposits of Rs 440 crore, as po…
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court has rejected the “exemption petition” from former Trinamool Congress legislator Saokat Molla seeking exemption from the criminal cases registered against him by both the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the West Bengal Police on various charges like involvement in bomb blast, corruption, extortion and sexual offences. Incidentally, on June 5 this year, the NIA arrested Molla in connection with the bomb blast at Bhangar…
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), whose officials conducted day-long raid and search operations at multiple locations in Kolkata since Tuesday in connection with its probe into transactions linked to three bank accounts of the Trinamool Congress on which “debit restrictions” were recently imposed following directions from the West Bengal Police, is specially examining doubtful debit transactions worth Rs 150 crore from these three bank accounts. In the simultaneous raid an…
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday launched a money laundering probe into transactions linked to three bank accounts of the Trinamool Congress on which “debit restrictions” were recently imposed following directions from the West Bengal Police, which is conducting a parallel investigation in the case.Multiple ED teams, accompanied by heavily armed Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel, carried out simultaneous raids and search operations at several location…
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of West Bengal Police probing the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl child at Baruipur in South 24 Paragans district, has identified an abandoned thatched hut close to the pond from where the body of the minor victim was recovered on Sunday, as the probable “scene of crime”.Insiders from the Baruipur district police, under whose jurisdiction, the pond and the probable scene of crime come, said preliminary investigation on the…
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) West Bengal Minister Agnimitra Paul on Tuesday visited the family of the 12-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas district, describing the incident as ‘extremely unfortunate’ and assuring the family that justice would be delivered. Speaking to reporters, West Bengal Minister Agnimitra Paul said, “We came to the victim’s uncle’s house, where her father was staying. Her mother is here; this is her original home. It is extremely…
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) The investigators of the West Bengal Police are attempting to locate Sumit Roy, the absconding executive assistant to the Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, by conducting extensive interrogations of Debraj Chakraborty, a former Trinamool Congress councillor who was apprehended last week in connection with a disproportionate assets (DA) caseA source within the state police said the questioning of Chakraborty is based on particular …
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) In a first-of-its-kind operation in the Islampur Police District, West Bengal Police used drones to bust an alleged human trafficking attempt, rescuing 17 minor girls and arresting four suspected traffickers in North Dinajpur district, officials said on Saturday. At the same time, the police also arrested four human traffickers.This is the first time the Islampur Police achieved a unique success by conducting surveillance using drones against human trafficking rings.Accord…