Accused arrested after woman’s rape-murder
A Kolkata Police employee was arrested on charges rape and murder from Barasat. The accused was produced before Barasat court yesterday and sent to police custody.
A Kolkata Police employee was arrested on charges rape and murder from Barasat. The accused was produced before Barasat court yesterday and sent to police custody.
The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted interim bail to all nine youths arrested by Kolkata Police for raising "Justice for R. G. Kar" slogans at a Durga Puja pandal.
This afternoon, Lalbazar, KP headquarters, while responding to an email sent by the agitators on Friday night seeking permission for their dharna, lobbed a counter email to them denying permission for their programme.
Manoj Kumar Verma, a 1998-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, has been named as the new commissioner of Kolkata Police.
The police inspector was arrested by CBI in connection with the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital on Saturday.
The though preliminary investigation and circumstantial evidence gathered from the place of occurrence suggested the murder for gain was the likely motive.
In a high-level meeting, it was decided that the people won't have to come to the police station to register their complaints. Each of the 79 police stations under the Kolkata police jurisdiction has been provided with a smartphone with a dedicated number where local residents can lodge complaints and GDs by sending their complaints on WhatsApp. They can also send audio messages as evidence or to lodge a GD.
Random announcement on the public address system alerting the revellers to maintain Covid protocol and wear mask had been started. An elaborate security arrangement had been put in place.
"Presently the cost of diesel is very high and in Kolkata it is more than Rs 100 per litre. So, we have decided to take electric cars on lease. This will not only save the fuel cost but it will be pollution free and environment friendly..."
“On the basis of the complaint lodged by a KMC executive engineer we have started a case to probe the allegations. We have treated the complaint as an FIR,” Premjeet Chowdhary, OC, Beliaghata police station, told The Statesman.