The accused identified as Rajaram Rege was arrested from Mumbai, the Kolkata Police said in a press conference addressed by additional police commissioners Murli Dhar and V Solomon Nesakumar.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee visited the Garden Reach area of the city today, where an under-construction building collapsed, leaving seven people dead. At least twenty people were rescued and sent to the hospital.
South East Traffic Guard of Kolkata Police along with Disha Eye Hospitals organised a free eye screening camp for the drivers of the public transport at Gariahat crossing, today.
Mystery shrouds the death of an armed constable of Kolkata Police (KP) in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office in the 19th floor of the Nizam Palace on Thursday.
Tushar Talukdar, former Commissioner of Kolkata Police died at a private nursing home this afternoon.
The step to “fix wires” over both flanks of the Maa Flyover on the most vulnerable 900 metre-long stretch from Topsia crossing to the approach of 4 No. bridge had been taken, said a senior officer of the traffic department at Lalbazar.
"There was some jostling when the police tried to stop us. I did not hit anyone intentionally. If charges are pressed, I will fight them out in the court," said Maji.
The actress spoke to the media that she had accepted a friend request from a well-known director. Soon afterward she was told during a messenger chat that she has been chosen for the lead role of an upcoming film and then got an obscene message.
"We have received several complaints that the police personnel on night duty accept bribes from vehicles moving at night. They accept bribes on the open streets from trucks or matadors carrying goods. This is not only negligence of duty but this increases the possibility of entry of illegal things like arms and drugs into the city,"
According to the source, the accused revealed that they had knocked the promoter unconscious with sleeping pills and then put him inside the boot of a car in which they took him to Jharkhand, where they killed him. They, however, returned to the city riding his scooter, on which the victim had allegedly left his residence.
