News This Week

Inauguration of the new location of Tollygunge Police Station & Tollygunge Traffic Guard.

Children’s Day Celebration on 14th Nov., 2009 organized by Kolkata Police in association with Rotary Club of Ballygunge & Faces.

Drama busted, stolen cash recovered

 

It was a robbery well enacted. But the pretence of the culprit could not escape the sharp-eyes of officers anti dacoity and robbery squad. A small discrepancy in his statement led to an intense interrogation. Finally, the person confessed to have hidden the money at a secret place.

Kabi Nath Gupta alias Ankit lodged a complaint with Bowbazar police station on November 14, 2009 that on his way back to his office at British India Street from ING Vyasa Bank in Middleton Street after encashing a cheque worth Rs 4.10 lakh, he was attacked by an unidentified miscreant at around 2.30 pm.
According to the complaint, the miscreant slashed him with a razor from his back and took away the money he was carrying for his company, Nemani & Co. A profusely bleeding Kabi Nath Gupta was removed to Calcutta Medical College and Hospital where he was treated and discharged.

Anti Dacoity and Robbery Squad officers swung into action and during the probe, the officers closely examined the wounds and long cut marks on the shirt. The cut marks were irregular and non-continuous in nature. Moreover, the investigators found discrepancies in his narration of the dacoity.
Following an intense interrogation, it became clear to the police that he was not telling the truth. A further grilling revealed that he had concocted the whole incident along with his brother Praasant Gupta alias Guddu to arrange for the funds of their sister’s marriage.

A team of Anti Dacoity and Robbery Squad escorted Kabi Nath Gupta, where he claimed to have hidden the money. It was a small shop making quilts, situated at 131, Cotton Street, Kolkata, run by his father and Guddu himself. The entire money i.e; Rs. 4.10 lakh was recovered from inside the sacks of cotton used for the purpose of making quilts and a part of it was also kept wrapped in a polythene on the store room of the shop.

Prompt arrest and recovery

 

Anti- Dacoity and Robbery squad personnel registered a breakthrough in a robbery case with the arrest of the culprit within three days of its occurrence and recovered all the belongings robbed from 20-year-old Chandrima Gupta, a law student with Hazra Law College of Calcutta University. Chandrima, originally from Halishahar in North 24 Parganas, currently stays at Salt Lake. On November 9, near AMRI Hospital, she boarded a private car being used for shuttle service from.

She was supposed to get down at Gariahat. But the car diverted and moved towards Lake Gardens. As she started protesting, at around 11.20 am, the car halted at a relatively deserted place at the middle of the Lake Gardens flyover. He held her at the point of a knife and robbed her of two mobile phones, three gold finger rings. In the process, Chandrima was assaulted by the driver of the car.

Then the car sped off leaving traumatized Chandrima on the middle of the flyover. Chandrima lodged a complaint with Lake Police station. She was then removed to M R Bangur Hospital. There she was treated and discharged.

Anti Dacoity and Robbery Squad of the city police Detective Department swung into action and in course of investigation, arrested Mohammed Monir alias Bappa (22) of Purba Jadavpur on credible source information from Santoshpur, Jadavpur November 13.

After the arrest and prolonged interrogation, the robbed articles — three gold finger rings, two mobile phones of the complainant and the offending vehicle one blue Maruti A-Star were also recovered.

26 th November,2009,Kolkata Police Remembers And Mourns For The Victims Of The 26/11 In Silence.

 

The gruesome act of terror unleashed by some megalomaniac indoctrinated youths, allegedly from a hostile nation , virtually took over the whole country at a ransom by striking in the heart of the city of Mumbai, killing and injuring innocent people and thus, maiming the city in deep horror and anguish on 26/11/2008 still haunts us alike. Some able soldiers of this soil had also fallen prey to their bullets in their fight against such terror.
Kolkata police joining hands with Red FM and Idea Cellular embarked on the noble mission of remembrance of the day and pay tribute to the victims by uniting the common denizens of Kolkata in their solemn resolution to stand for the cause of the departed souls and fight terrorism. A silent candle march was organized from Citizen Park to Victoria Memorial with the Commissioner of Police, Kolkata and other noted personalities from all walks of life accompanied by more than 2000 people to observe the 1st Anniversary of the Mumbai Terror Attack.

Lahabari Heist Gets Resolved By Detective Department

 

The renowned Lahabari of North Kolkata is acknowledged for being connoisseur of art and sculptures. A treasure trove of rare collection of huge priceless antique sculptures, murals, paintings, crystal creations, Ming craft, wooden arts, antique clothing, dating back to the 16th to 18th century, mostly collected from all over the world in generations notably by late B.C. Law (Laha). In the morning of 1st December,2009, present members of Lahabari detected a theft in their house in respect of a good number of such sculptures, art crafts, clothing, paintings, crystal creations etc from the 1st floor hall. Ms Lakhsmi Law, grand daughter of Lt B.C.Law reported the matter to the local police i.e. Jorasanko Police Station, where a theft case was initiated and a probe undertaken. The news was sensationalized as breaking news in all the leading daily print and electronic media. Since the failure in detection of earlier cases of theft of antique articles, in the recent past has drawn flak, it was a challenge for Kolkata Police to recover these priceless treasures and to the nab the perpetrators. Investigation of the case was taken up by Anti Burglary Squad, DD under the supervision of DC.DD. The team of officers of DD did a headlong effort in finding out the criminals by engaging sources, examining the antique dealers in Kolkata & suburbs and consulting the old criminal records. Finally, on 4th December, 2009, working on specific information, a night long raid was conducted till next afternoon in different places of 24pgs(s) e.g. Sonakhali, Bedberia, Canning, Taldi etc and five criminals were arrested namely Shamim Haoladar, Sk Kalam, Idrish Laskar, Ataur Rahman & Mohsin Mollah and the maximum portion of the stolen antique articles were found from their residences at these places. Further, one Sandip Chowdhury was arrested from Maniktola, Kolkata being the co-ordinator of this group who also helped them in disposal of the stolen booty.  

Lady constable of kolkata police Sampa Guha received gold medal in power lifting – championship – 2009 held at New Delhi.
 

 

Call for views on Noise Pollution
 

 

Let there be light, not noise

Long before this Diwali, we initiated a virtual battle against use of banned high-decibel fire-works. This resulted into some success. But there is no point denying that high-decibel fire-crackers were burst on Diwali night. Simply through enforcement, it is nearly impossible to make Diwali night a celebration of light, not that of noise. Two major hubs of fireworks-manufacturing units are located closed to Kolkata. They are supposed to manufacture them for other states where the noise -pollution norms are bit relaxed. But pilferage happens and banned fireworks are smuggled in. All this happens because there is a demand.

We urgently feel that it is high time we have a lively debate on the use of noisy fire-works. Let environmentalists and doctors come out with their views on the ill-effect of high-decibel fireworks on health and environment. Let historians say how and when the festival of light turned into a festival of noise. Let sociologists tell what social implications this sudden spurt of noise pollution may have. Let economist quantify the environmental damage and the financial loss incurred by the noise. Let a man on the street opine.

There must be a large number of citizens who might think otherwise. They might think that one day of noise pollution hardly makes any difference. They might think that police action against bursting fire-crackers is an attack on the tradition and heritage. There might be far more outrageous views on this issue than we could conceive. We even invite them, who do not agree with the ban, to this debate. Let them speak their heart out.

Let’s have a lively platform of debate and discussion out of which we might get some unique solutions to the problem. We hope finally good sense would prevail. Who knows? We might find people, who used to be a violator, are now willing to volunteer for vigil against use of banned fire-works at the end of the debate.
From Editor Kolkata Cop

Good Work done

Biswajit Biswas, Home Guard No. – B05796   attached to Sealdah Traffic Guard was detailed for Traffic Duty on 07-09-09 near College Street Bata. In course of his duty, at about 12:55 hours, he suddenly found an object lying on the road. Close examination revealed it to be a bundle of currency notes amounting to Rs. 10,000/-. He instantly brought the matter to the notice of Addl. OC Sealdah Traffic Guard Insp. Debashis Ghosh. Both of them immediately left the spot for depositing the money at Amherst St. PS.

This rare show of honesty was sincerely acknowledged by the seniors and members of the force. Biswajit Biswas by this exemplary act, not only upheld the identity of the organization but also reinstated the faith of the common man.

Such instance will definitely reinstate the faith of the common man and encourage other members of the force to come forward for the assistance of the common man and truly highlight the motto “We care For You.”

Timely Interception by Police prevents commission of Robbery.

 

On 08/11/09 at around 23.50 hrs, QRT (WG-296) positioned at the Chingrighata and E.M. Bye-Pass chased and intercepted a north bound Indigo Private Car No. WB-03-2117 near Beliaghata Main Road and E. M. Bye-Pass crossing as the driver of the Private Car was shouting for help. Out of 04 (four) incumbents 01 (One) managed to flee. Other 3 (Three) persons were arrested and taken to Beliaghata P.S. Information revealed that, 04 (Four) miscreants boarded the Private Car on hire near Ruby General Hospital on way to Hudco crossing, Ultadanga with intension of robbery under the point of sharp cutting weapon.

AN INSTANCE OF HONESTY.
 

 

On 17.11.09 at 17.00 hours one Mrs. Anita Somani w/o G. Somani boarded in a tram (Route No. 36/8) at Ganesh Talkies and during travel her gold neck chain (Mangal Sutra) was snatched by a person from opposite side running tram. The conductor No. 35286793, Murtaja Ali of the said tram (Route no. 36/8) found the portion of that chain and deposited the same at CTC House at 12 no R.N. Mukherjee Rd, Kol-1 on that day.

O.C Anti snatching squad , D.D pursued the matter and collected the gold neck chain for delivering the complainant duly identified by her. The honesty of conductor Murtaja Ali is such an instance which will definitely encourage the citizen to come forward for the assistance of the common man.

KP wins Gold in State Level Shooting Competition

Kolkata Police again had commendable performance at the State Level Shooting Competition recently held at Asansol. Our officers and men led by Subedar Williams scored high apart from outstanding performance of individuals in different categories of shooting competition. Sgt Surojit Gupta of RF won Silver Medal in .38 revolver shooting, SI Sourav Mondal of SB won gold in .22 rifle shooting and silver in .38 revolver shooting, Lady Constable Sudipta Pal won silver in .22 rifle shooting and Constable Rajesh Banik of commando won gold in .38 revolver shooting. The team is planning to participate in the national level competition.

Kolkata Police Ministerial Staff gets trophy for Best Production of Theatre

 

Kolkata Police Ministerial staffs wins prizes in drama competition. The theatre “Alor Patho Jatri” , produced, directed and acted by our staffs bagged best producer, second best director , third in best actor , best actress and best side role trophies. The director of the theatre Mihir Sur got two prizes for acting and direction while Sampa Das , Kalidas Paik and Jhuma Sirkar won other prizes. Our best wishes with them.

PUJA GOODWILL FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF KOLKATA
As a gesture of goodwill before Puja, Kolkata Police in collaboration with The Bengal distributed sweets, guide maps and VIP Entry Passes for big Pujas to the Senior Citizens of Kolkata.
The Pronam, an initiative of Kolkata Police to care of safety and security of Senior Citizens, has already 390 registered Senior Citizens. All these 390 Senior Citizens were distributed Puja gift hampers at their door step.
On 23.09.2009 at 16.00 hours at Pronam Office located inside Ballygunge Police Station camp, 10 Senior Citizens were handed over gift hampers by Smt. Nabanita Deb Sen, Smt. Kaninika Banerjee and Smt. Agnimitra Paul.

Law and Order:

• A traffic sergeant turned saviour to a woman in distress.

A traffic sergeant came to the aid of a distressed woman by chasing a bus and recovering her bag which she had mistakenly left in the bus and got down in hurry at Rabindra Sadan. She was carrying cash, jewellery and some important documents in the bag.
The sergeant Indranarayan Chowdhury was on duty at Park Street – JL Nehru Road Crossing. At around 12 noon, he found a harried woman crossing the Kyd Street –J L Nehru Road Crossing, holding her son tightly. Her movement was erratic.
Immediately Indranarayan came to her aid and inquired. The woman, who was later identified as Swapna Ghosh (40), could only say that she had left behind her bag containing valuables in a CTC bus and got down. The CTC bus from Mandirtala was going towards Dharmatala (Esplanade). Without wasting a moment, Chowdhury asked the traffic constable at Kyd Street crossing Pradip Saha to take care of Swapna and her son. At the same time, he informed the traffic personnel at Dorina crossing to keep the signal red, not to allow the bus to go farther north. The sergeant then moved towards Esplanade. He located the bus and inquired whether there was any bag lying on the bunk. The conductor of the CTC bus initially refused to hand him the bag citing rules. Chowdhury then told the conductor that the owner of the bag was not feeling well and it would not be right to stick to the rule. Chowdhury gave the conductor all his details and took the bag to Swapna Ghosh. After getting back the bag Swapna felt better. “If the sergeant was not there I would have been in a major trouble. Besides some cash and jewellery, the bag contained some very vital documents,” said Swapna, a health department employee.
Swapna was on her way to her brother’s house near Hudco at Ultodanga with her son Adhish from her Swami Vivekananda Road house. She got down at Exide Crossing to catch a Salt Lake bound bus. She completely forgot about the bag she kept on the bunk of the bus. But she did not give up. She caught another bus to chase the CTC bus. At Park Street crossing, she got down to get on the CTC bus. But it was not the bus she rode. She got completely perplexed and started feeling unwell. At this juncture Indranarayan Chowdhury came to her as godsend.
This is not the only good job of Chowdhury. A senior officer told that Chowdhury was the first sergeant to reach Duffrin Road after he heard that three passengers have lost their hands in an accident.