Kolkata: A police officer has been transferred for dereliction of duty following the firing incident in Short Street in the heart of the city that claimed two lives, police sources said yesterday night.
Piyush Kundu, the officer-incharge of Shakespeare Sarani police station, was transferred to security control after a departmental inquiry found that he had made light of the incident in the disputed piece of land in Short Street.
He was replaced by Arun Dutta who was previously attached with the detective department.
Kundu's transfer came three days after Noor Ali, the Investigating Officer of the Short Street firing case, was removed from duty after a departmental inquiry charged him with negligence in investigations.
The sources said the occupant of the disputed property, Mamata Agarwal, had told her interrogators that several complaints were made earlier on the threat to her by rivals, but no step was taken by the local police station and the officer in particular.
