What was meant to be a tightly regulated political gathering has now turned into a legal controversy, with police alleging that court-imposed conditions were ignored.
While the squad was initially formed to enhance women's safety through scooter patrols across the city, it has now been assigned a role in conducting public awareness drives.
According to police sources Md Shahenshah was arrested after the arrest of the prime accused, Shamim, from Sodepur.
The task force has been created to identify, verify and initiate legal proceedings against foreign nationals who have overstayed their visas.
The Kolkata Police have started a fraud case following complaints from Lok Bhavan that a caller was contacting various officials from a particular mobile number impersonating Governor RN Ravi.
Kolkata Police's detective department conducted search operations across North 24-Parganas and held a former police officer in the fake passport scam.
Kolkata Police insiders said that although he started residing in different places of West Bengal in 2023, he started the process of getting the fake Indian documents in 2017.
This is the seventh arrest from the state made in the case. The arrested agent has been identified as Manoj Gupta.
Kolkata Police have denied permission to a doctors’ association seeking an extension of their protest in the R G Kar rape and murder case.
Officials of both the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police, probing the fake passport rackets in the state, are trying to track the links of these rackets with those involved in cross-border human trafficking, sources said.
