Tag: West Bengal Police

West Bengal police arrests BJP leader Jitendra Tiwari from UP

Tiwari, the former mayor of Asansol, was arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Yamuna Expressway by officials of the Asansol Durgapur Commissionerate.

March 18, 2023

Joint West Bengal, Bihar Police raid Malda-Katihar border house, seize illegal arms, ammunition

According to officials, two illegal improvised firearms, one incomplete barrel, one incomplete body and some articles used for making illegal arms were recovered from the accused's house.

March 18, 2023

West Bengal: Police detained TET qualified students, protesting outside education board’s office

Earlier, on October 11, the central agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Trinamool Congress MLA Manik Bhattacharya in connection with the West Bengal teacher's recruitment scam.

October 21, 2022

Calcutta HC directs West Bengal Police to form SIT to probe Mominpur violence

Calcutta High Court has also directed the Kolkata Police Commissioner to take steps so that there is no further violence.

October 12, 2022

Bengal Police file FIR against key CBI official in coal scam case

Besides CBI, Enforcement Directorate is also conducting a parallel probe in the coal smuggling case in West Bengal. Abhishek himself has faced questioning,

June 22, 2022

West Bengal Police to set up dog squads in all districts

The state police directorate has sent a proposal to the state secretariat for purchasing an additional 216 dogs for detecting criminals, drugs and explosives.

November 7, 2021

EC orders removal of Bengal DGP Virendra

Mr Nirajnayan, a 1987 batch IPS officer has been posted as DGP with immediate effect and the commission has asked for the compliance report by 10 a.m. tomorrow.

March 10, 2021

MHA summons Bengal DGP, chief secretary after BJP chief Nadda’s convoy attacked

The Home Ministry has also sought a report from the Bengal government over the ‘sponsored violence’ after BJP chief’s Nadda’s convoy was attacked with bricks, stones and stick near Kolkata.

December 11, 2020

BJP contests ‘false claims’’

The video clip shows a policeman loading 'bullets' in a gun and his colleagues, saying 'Maar Shala… Directly,' (hit them directly), while also using slang.

December 10, 2020

FIR against BJP’s Kailash Vijayvargiya, Dilip Ghosh for encouraging violence in Siliguri

Filing the FIRs, the police alleged that Ghosh and Vijayvargiya encouraged BJP workers to take to violence during its Uttarkanya march in Siliguri on Monday

December 9, 2020

Kailash Vijayvargiya tweets video of police allegedly firing pellets at BJP protestors

It was not clear from Kailash Vijayvargiya's video if the police was firing at BJP workers during their Uttarkanya march, where Ulen Roy died.

December 9, 2020

BJP questions police’s claim about party worker’s death during Uttarkanya march

Questioning the police's claim that the BJP worker, Ulen Roy, did not die from their bullets, the hindutva outfit has asked, "If not police then who?"

December 8, 2020

BJP worker died from shotgun pellets during party’s Uttarkanya march, claims postmortem

Saying that they "do not use shotguns, police alleged that BJP had brought "armed persons" in its protest who fired at the deceased from close range.

December 8, 2020

Cops stop BJP Uttarkanya march; one killed

Vijayvargiya's car 'attacked' in Siliguri; Dilip Ghosh blames miscreants posing as policemen for death of 'BJP worker'

December 8, 2020

Burdwan Court issues arrest warrant against BJP WB president Dilip Ghosh in year-old case

At a public meeting on November 4 last year, Dilip Ghosh had lashed out at West Bengal Police and alleged the entire department was rotten by corruption.

November 14, 2020

Bimal appearance: Police authority undermined’

"Being the chief minister of West Bengal, had Mamata Banerjee instructed the Police Commissioner to arrest Bimal Gurung from Salt Lake without compromising on anything, her political efficacy, administrative acumen and caliber would have gone far more brighter, and ahead of the 2021 Assembly elections, her position would have been more secured," former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pankaj Datta said.

October 23, 2020

Team of Sikh committee in Kolkata to complain against Police for disrespecting Pagdi

In a tussle between a Sikh personal guard and a police officer during BJP's Nabanna rally on Thursday, the guard's Pagdi had fallen into the ground.

October 11, 2020