Humayun Kabir had been promoted to Inspector General rank in December (File)
Kolkata:
A top police officer in Bengal resigned today just days after he ordered the arrest of three BJP workers for Goli Maro.(shoot the traitors) slogans raised at a roadshow last week.
Humayun Kabir, an Inspector General-rank officer and the police commissioner of Chandannagar near Kolkata, quit citing personal reasons . At a separate media interaction, he said, There are reasons for my resignation that I will share after a few days. Let me first be released from service.
The sudden resignation triggered speculation about the possibility of Mr Kabir s entry into politics. He was due to retire on April 30 and could have sought or offered an extension but instead, he decided to quit as of January 31.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit West Bengal on 23
rd January which marks the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The Centre on Tuesday announced that the freedom fighter’s birth anniversary will be observed as “Parakram Diwas”.
The Prime Minister will attend “Parakram Diwas” celebrations at Victoria Memorial in Kolkata. According to sources, the PM will release a commemorative coin and a postage stamp on the occasion and a permanent exhibition and a project mapping show on Netaji will also be inaugurated.
Before the event, the PM is scheduled to visit the National library to attend an international conference “Re-visiting the legacy of Netaji Subhas in the 21st century” where he will inaugurate restored architectural sites. West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will also be a part of the events that are to be attended by the Prime Minister. However, any political program of the PM has not been announced by his office. These events are
UPDATED: January 21, 2021 13:13 IST
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari at a roadshow in East Midnapore district in West Bengal (Photo: PTI)
A day after
BJP workers were seen allegedly raising the slogan TMC ke gaddaro ko, goli maro s n ko at Suvendu Adhikari s rally in poll-bound West Bengal, three party activists, including Hooghly district youth wing chief Suresh Sahu, were arrested on Thursday, PTI reported.
Some BJP workers were caught on camera raising the provocative slogan at newly inducted BJP leader Adhikari s roadshow in West Bengal s Hooghly district on Wednesday, following which the police registered a suo moto case.
The slogan was allegedly raised by the activists holding BJP flags and the Tricolour while they were trailing the truck carrying Adhikari, Hooghly MP Locket Chatterjee and Rajya Sabha member Swapan Dasgupta in the Rathtala area of the city.
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Ahead of the West Bengal polls this year, “Goli Maro” slogans were heard at Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP rallies recently. TMC supporters on Tuesday raised the slogan “Bangla ka gaddaro ko, goli maro” (shoot the traitors of Bengal) at their rally. TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh admitted that the slogans should not have been raised and blamed some “over enthusiastic” party supporters for the act.
After the incident BJP Bengal tweeted, “TMC called it ‘Peace Rally’ but it witnessed rampant vandalism and tearing away of BJP flags and posters. Slogans like “Goli Maro Salo Ko” were heard in their ‘Peace Rally’ in South Kolkata. Is this Pishi’s definition of “peace”? This is how TMC is letting down the City of Joy?”