Kolkata: An extortion case has been registered by Lake Town police against a history-sheeter and his associate for allegedly demanding Rs 10 lakh from a trader and threatening to kill him if the money was not paid within seven days. The prime accused allegedly claimed to possess a firearm.The case was initiated following a written…
Kolkata: A squall lashed Kolkata and the neighbouring districts of North and South 24 Parganas and Howrah with the wind speed gusting at 60 kmph early on Wednesday evening. The KMC drainage pumping stations recorded 96 mm of rainfall in Belgachhia, 70 mm in Ultadanga, 68 mm in Duttabagan and 63 mm in Maniktala. The…
Kolkata: Four members of a family and their associate were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly attacking a police officer, SI Rajib Roy, during a legal eviction drive in central Kolkata’s Taltala area. SI Roy sustained injuries and was taken to NRS Hospital. tnn Source link
Howrah: A 38-year-old man, Gopal Sarkar, accused of running a sex trafficking racket was found dead and wrapped in a saree near the Dhulagarh truck terminal in Howrah on Tuesday night. Police arrested Happy Singh, who allegedly confessed to killing Sarkar, claiming his sister was among several underage girls lured into prostitution through false job…
Kolkata: A govt employee, Hafijur Rahaman (32), was allegedly assaulted and wrongfully restrained by a group of men inside an Entally office while performing official duties on Tuesday afternoon. Police have arrested the prime accused, Avijit Das (36), and launched a search for his aides.Rahaman, a resident of Bechulal Road, was on duty at an…
Darjeeling: Gorkhaland Territorial Administration chief executive Anit Thapa met Centre-appointed interlocutor Pankaj Kumar Singh on Wednesday. The meeting assumed significance because Thapa’s party — Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM) — has been an ally of Trinamool and Thapa had previously refused to meet the interlocutor.Singh, whom Centre appointed interlocutor in Oct last year, had visited…
Malda: Another holding centre for illegal Bangladeshi immigrants opened in Malda on Wednesday, the third in the district, reports Subhro Maitra.The new centre has come up in Bamangola. The first holding centre in Malda opened at English Bazar while the second at Old Malda. Malda SP Anupam Singh said with the new centre, the three…
Kolkata: With state lawyers absent, Calcutta HC deferred the MLA ‘Signgate’ case in which Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee is an accused, and is likely to hear it now on Thursday. The court also refused urgent hearing to Trinamool over CID raids in connection with the alleged signature scam.On Tuesday, a CID team searched the TMC…
TMC national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee has been named in an FIR alongside 41 party members for an alleged attack on a BJP worker nearly eight years ago.The complaint was lodged at Diamond Harbour police station on Tuesday by BJP leader Abhijit Das, who contested against Banerjee in the 2024 Lok…
Kolkata: Senior advocate Dhiraj Kumar Trivedi was appointed as additional solicitor general (ASG) for high court on Tuesday. His appointment would be effective for three years from June 9. Trivedi was previously the deputy solicitor general in Calcutta high court. He appeared for Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and in recent cases…
