Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is facing a big challenge to end the ongoing strike led by the junior doctors in Kolkata, last night announced that Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal will be removed from his post, accepting one of the demands of protesting medics.
Kolkata: Junior doctors celebrated as 4 of their 5 demands have been met after their meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee. After meeting junior doctors on September 16, CM Mamata Banerjee announced the removal of Kolkata Police Commissioner.
This comes as family members of the 31-year-old trainee doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered, accused the Kolkata Police of bribing them after the incident came to light.
TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray had raised questions over the conduct of the Kolkata Police Commissioner and demanded his custodial investigation along with the ex-Principal of former Principal of RG Kar Medical College.
The West Bengal government on Saturday appointed Soumen Mitra as the new commissioner of Kolkata Police and transferred incumbent Anuj Sharma as additional director general of the state CID, a state government order said.
Former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar is accused of destroying evidence related to the Saradha chit fund (Ponzi) scam when he headed the special investigation team of the West Bengal Police to probe the matter before it was transferred to the investigating agency.
The CBI has summoned former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, asking him to appear before it on Monday for questioning in connection with the Saradha ponzi scheme case, officials said.
Kumar arrived in the state capital of Meghalaya on Friday evening from Kolkata via Guwahati by road with three more West Bengal cadre IPS officers and his younger brother, an official said.
The agency has also called former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh to Shillong on February 10.
Kolkata, Mar 17: The Election Commission today selected Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda as the new Commissioner of Kolkata Police from a list of three IPS officers and referred his name to the West Bengal government.The move
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