Days after the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights chairman, Priyank Kanoongo, claimed to have been assaulted at Tiljila police station, the Kolkata police on Sunday said a case was registered against the accused West Bengal Police officer.
Amid the political furore, the Mamata Banerjee government on Friday handed over the probe into Howrah violence to Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Chairman Priyank Kanoongo on Friday alleged that the West Bengal police had beaten him up at the Tiljila police station when he protested against them for recording proceedings of the commission's probe.
West Bengal Police on Thursday detained Congress workers, protesting against the conviction of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi by the Surat district court over his 'Modi surname' remark.
West Bengal Police on Saturday arrested Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jitendra Tiwari in connection with a stampede, claiming three lives, during a blanket distribution program in December last year.
According to officials, two illegal improvised firearms, one incomplete barrel, one incomplete body and some articles used for making illegal arms were recovered from the accused's house.
ED had recorded a money laundering case against Tower Infotech Ltd and Pincon Group on the basis of FIRs registered by CBI and West Bengal Police for misappropriating Rs 156 Crore and Rs 638 crore respectively collected from its investors.
After Union Minister, Nisith Pramanik's car was allegedly damaged by a mob on Saturday in Cooch Behar district in north Bengal, violent clashes erupted between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists. Police says situation under control
Cash worth Rs 1 crore was recovered from a car in South Kolkata's Gariahat, the police said on Thursday, adding that two persons were detained in connection with the incident.