In order to check the security measures taken towards the strong room and vote counting centre in Serampore and Hooghly LS constituency, the state election department additional CEO Vinod Kumar visited the district today.
Investigations revealed that the girls had boarded a train to Ajmer Sharif, prompting the Chandannagar police to seek assistance from the Rajasthan police
In an inspection carried on by an independent team under the Ministry of Home affairs, Serampore police station was judged of the three best in the entire country.
A section of local residents blamed the police for the five deaths, alleging there was neither surveillance nor an alert about the high tide, which came at the time of the tarpan rituals
According to reports, the team was stopped at the Banighat area on GT Road in Hooghly district. When one of the women members of the team allegedly tried to get out of the car and walk to Rishra, she was stopped from proceeding.