Tag: Kolkata police
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Kolkata | Priya Cinema barred from screening movies until fire probe is over
Fire Minister and Mayor Sovan Chatterjee says the massive fire could have started inside "control room" as per prima facie evidence
August 7, 2018 -
Fire breaks out at Priya Cinema in Kolkata, no casualty
Four members of Priya Cinema owner Arijit Dutta's family and a staffer were reportedly trapped on the roof, and were evacuated by fire brigade personnel.
August 6, 2018 -
Romanians visited Nepal between committing ATM frauds in city
The two Romanians, Dumitru Calin and Oprea Vidiu Simon, arrested in connection with the alleged Rs 20 lakh bank fraud in Kolkata, had visited Nepal and Goa several times, informed sources of Kolkata Police said on Sunday. “We are trying to establish if the duo had any connection with any other groups in Nepal and...
August 6, 2018 -
Cop scanner on websites selling skimmer devices
This comes in the wake of the city police contending that they have enough clues to believe that the fraudsters had inserted skimming devices in ATM machines to clone debit cards and facilitate the fraudulent withdrawal of money.
August 3, 2018 -
Any Time Misery
The loot of at least Rs 20 lakh from the ATMs of several banks, both nationalised and private, has bamboozled both the bank authorities and the Lalbazar headquarters of Kolkata police. Indeed, the deftly calibrated loot has left the police brass shaking their heads in disbelief; a hi-tech bank theft of this magnitude has never...
August 3, 2018 -
Kolkata Police’s Lionel Messi meme triggers storm on social media
The meme was Kolkata Police's way of promoting West Bengal government's 'Safe Drive Save Life' initiative for better traffic measures.
June 25, 2018 -
Rajasthan IAS officer issued summons by Kolkata Police over fake Eid holiday post
Sanjay Dixit, a Rajasthan-cadre IAS officer, has been summoned by the Kolkata Police over a tweet which falsely claimed that the West Bengal government had issued an extended Eid holiday notification.
June 22, 2018 -
Kolkata Police to probe fake Eid holiday notification
The fake notification came under a letterhead of the West Bengal Finance Department, and also carried the Biswa Bangla logo. It announced holidays from June 12 to June 16 to celebrate the Eid festival.
June 11, 2018 -
Kolkata Police arrests man for flashing two women in bus
The shocking incident in Kolkata comes days after an Uber cab driver was found masturbating before a woman passenger in Mumbai.
May 13, 2018 -
Arms supply to Maoists: 2 RFI officials held
Six persons, including two Ishapore Rifle Factory (RFI) officials, were arrested by the Kolkata Police from the Babughat area here for their alleged involvement in smuggling arms to Maoists, the DC STF said on Sunday. In a major breakthrough, the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on Sunday unearthed an arms racket involving employees...
May 8, 2018 -
Five women among six injured in Kolkata ‘acid attack’
Six persons, including five women in their early 20s, were injured when some unidentified persons allegedly threw some chemical, supposedly acid, at them from a moving taxi last night at Panditia Road in the southern part of the city, police said on Monday. The victims were passersby and the incident took place around 9.30 pm...
May 7, 2018 -
Assault on couple at metro station: Kolkata police begin probe
Kolkata Police has started an investigation into the physical assault on a couple at Dumdum metro station after a large section of common people submitted a mass petition protesting against the assault. Passengers on board were infuriated over the alleged indecent behaviour of the couple which took place at Dumdum metro station earlier this week....
May 5, 2018 -
Dog meat fear grips Kolkata after police seizes 20 tonnes of rotten meat
Fear of dog and cat meat being served in restaurants gripped the people of West Bengal ever since the Kolkata police seized 20 tonnes of rotten meat suspected to be of dead animals.
May 1, 2018 -
20 ton carcass meat seized in Bengal
Continuing its crackdown on stale meat allegedly procured from dumping grounds of the city and its suburbs, Kolkata Police along with Enforcement Branch of the state police and police officers of South 24-Parganas on Thursday busted yet another racket. Six persons, including the alleged kingpin, Sunny Singh, were arrested from Naoda in Bihar on Thursday...
April 27, 2018 -
Kolkata Police give new lease of life to drug addicts
From dark corners and gloomy bylanes to days full of life, the drug addicts of the city are experiencing the taste of a good life under the canopy of “Shuddhi” project, an initiative by the narcotics department of the Kolkata Police. In all, 14 drug addicts were taken on a day out yesterday under the...
April 24, 2018 -
Kolkata Police arrest ‘fake’ doctor after boy dies in ambulance
The Kolkata Police have arrested an ambulance driver and a mechanic, who posed as a doctor, for the death of teenage boy. The arrest took place on Friday. According to The Indian Express news report, the condition of the patient deteriorated during the journey allegedly due to insufficient life support system at the ambulance and negligence...
March 17, 2018 -
NIA, STF seize bomb-making materials from Sagardighi
Following a joint raid by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police, materials meant for making improvised explosive devices (IED) were seized from some houses at Nayagram area of Sagardighi in Murshidabad district. About 50 detonators, some wires, batteries, tin containers, all kept in bags, were also recovered,...
February 8, 2018