A police team from Burdwan, with assistance from Siliguri Metropolitan Police, arrested a suspect in connection with the ongoing tablet scam. The accused, identified as Rabindra Prasad Singh, was apprehended in Debidanga under Pradhan Nagar police station area.
A deaf and dumb woman was raped at a village in Katwa and a local youth was arrested in connection with the incident.
Halim Sheikh was arrested from Baishnavnagar in Malda.
An error in the government portal has meant denial of roof for more than 2,000-odd residents of 13 villages, eligible for houses under Bangla Awas Plus scheme in East Burdwan.
A couple of old two-story residential buildings collapsed due to incessant rains due to cyclone Dana in Burdwan and Bankura towns this morning.
Two teenage girls, kidnapped from two different locations in East Burdwan, were rescued by the police from Kerala and Bihar and they were handed over to their respective families.
Badrinath has been staying in West Bengal for the last 35 years. He said, “Initially, we were staying in Basirhat from where I, with my family, shifted to Jamalpur, 11 years ago.”
After the accident, the Bengal CM reportedly refused medical attention and left for Kolkata.
A tobacco distributor of East Burdwan was rescued by the police from the clutches of the kidnappers within 24 hours of abduction from a Jharkhand location yesterday.
The lifeless body of a third year paramedic student was recovered in suspicious condition from her rented accommodation in Burdwan town, which sparked off a sensation today.
