Mamata Banerjee Brings Back Police Officers Removed By EC, Suspends Cooch Behar SP The administration was not under my control for the last three months. It was under the control of the Election Commission, the WB CM had said.
Mamata Banerjee. Photo: PTI
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Kolkata: Within hours of assuming office, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday initiated a major reshuffle in the police hierarchy, transferring 29 top-level police officers, mostly those who were shifted by the Election Commission prior to the polls.
Among the top-level officers who have been brought back to their former positions are DG Virendra, ADG (Law and Order) Jawed Shamim and DG Security Vivek Sahay, an order issued this evening said.
BJP says party workers killed, a lakh supporters have fled homes; TMC rubbishes claims
Condemning the brutal killings after the (election) results , BJP chief JP Nadda alleged that 14 BJP workers had been killed and women molested and raped in various parts of the state.
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BJP chief JP Nadda meets family members of post-poll violence victims in Sonarpur, West Bengal (Source: PTI)
The BJP on Wednesday claimed that 14 party workers were killed and nearly a lakh people fled their homes
BJP president J P Nadda at a press conference in Kolkata claimed that 80,000 to one lakh people have left their homes in different parts of the state in the wake of Trinamool Congress spectacular electoral victory and held Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee responsible, alleging her silence (on the violence) speaks of her involvement.
Mamata effects major reshuffle in state police on first day in office
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Kolkata, May 5 : On the first day in office in her third term as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday effected a major reshuffle in the police hierarchy, transferring 29 top officers, mostly bringing back policemen to their former positions who were transferred by the Election Commission during the recently concluded Assembly polls.
Among the top-level officers who have been brought back to their former positions are Director General Virendra, ADG (Law and Order) Jawed Shamim, and DG (Security) Vivek Sahay.
May 05, 2021, 23:39 PM IST
New Delhi: The West Bengal government on Wednesday (May 5) suspended Coochbehar Superintendent of Police Debashis Dhar in connection with the Sitalkuchi firing incident by alleged CISF personnel in which at least four people lost their lives. The government-appointed K Kannan as the new SP of Coochbehar. According to reports, the Bengal government will investigate the Sitalkuchi firing by CISF jawans in which four people, all Trinamool Congress workers, were killed at a booth during the fourth phase of polling in Coochbehar district.
The development came hours after TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was administered the oath for the third time as the Chief Minister of West Bengal. Soon after assuming office, the West Bengal CM initiated a major reshuffle in the police hierarchy, transferring 29 top-level police officers, mostly those who were shifted by the election commission prior to the polls. Among the top-level officers who have been brough back to their