Kolkata Police

Coronavirus: Latest updates on COVID-19 crisis around the world

7:02 pm July 31, 2020

New Delhi: Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis in India and other parts of the world on Friday. 5:41 p.m. Eleven fresh COVID-19 cases reported in Mizoram as state’s tally rises to 408. Tripura reports 219 fresh COVID-19 cases, raising the state’s tally to 4,724. 5:33 p.m. Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal rejects the AAP government’s decision to allow hotels and weekly markets under […]

Thief shoots himself dead after opening fire at police

Man shoots himself after killing mother-in-law, wife

12:15 pm June 23, 2020

Kolkata: A 42-year-old man on Monday allegedly shot himself after killing his mother-in-law at her flat here after flying down from Bengaluru where he had killed his wife, a Kolkata police officer said. In his suicide note, Amit Agarwal had claimed that he killed his wife Shilpi in Bengaluru before flying down to the city […]

Key JMB terrorist arrested in Bengal’s Hooghly district

3:45 pm June 8, 2020

Kolkata: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police on Monday nabbed a key Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorist from Hooghly district, days after a top member of the group was arrested from Murshidabad. A senior police officer said Shiekh Rezaul alias Kiron, a key JMB operative, was under the STF radar for quite some […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Illegal arms unit busted in Bengal, five arrested

3:56 pm May 31, 2020

Kolkata: An illegal arms manufacturing unit has been busted in Kulti area of Bengal’s West Burdwan district, and five persons arrested in this connection, a senior police officer said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off by an inmate lodged at Presidency Correctional Home here, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police raided Niyamtpur […]

338 containment zones in Kolkata

3:12 pm May 11, 2020

Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Monday put up on its twitter account the list of 338 containment zones in the city. The list was made available to the police by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). West Bengal at present has four red zones including the city, neighbouring Howrah,North 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur districts. There […]