Mamata Banerjee had specifically pointed fingers astatine definite sections of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and the grassroots constabulary force, suggesting their complicity successful amerciable businesses. (File Photo)
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Thursday powerfully criticised lower-level constabulary officers, accusing them of engagement successful corruption and facilitating amerciable activities similar ember and soil smuggling.
Following these allegations, the Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate suspended sub-inspector Manoranjan Mondal who was the officer-in-charge of the Barabani constabulary presumption successful West Burdwan district. The suspension was based connected charges of “unprofessional behaviour and negligence of duty”.
Mondal is 1 of the respective officers facing departmental inquiries from the authorities constabulary and administrative departments. During their suspension period, each serviceman volition person fractional of their basal salary.
Meanwhile, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has go much progressive successful addressing issues related to alleged soil and ember smuggling, launching operations successful assorted parts of the state.
What Mamata Banerjee alleged
Banerjee had specifically pointed fingers astatine definite sections of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and the grassroots constabulary force, suggesting their complicity successful amerciable businesses. She “vowed” to instrumentality strict enactment against immoderate idiosyncratic progressive successful specified activities.
Her allegations successful a property league came aft elder Trinamool Congress leaders similar MP Sougato Roy and Kolkata Municipal Corporation Mayor and MLA Firhad Hakim questioned the constabulary pursuing a execution effort connected TMC councillor Sushanta Ghosh.