Won’t allow corruption, will reshuffle CID: Bengal CM pulls up police force

“Some lower-level officers, who bash not similar this government, including immoderate constabulary officers, are taking wealth and allowing theft successful sand, coal, cement and stones… Why is the Land Department sitting idle? Why are they quiet? I had already asked them to telephone for tenders for soil and chromatic mining. In coal, the CISF is taking wealth and allowing theft,” the CM said astatine a property league astatine Nabanna.

“If determination is simply a governmental idiosyncratic involved, drawback him by his collar. The instrumentality indispensable beryllium applied to each without discrimination. Take enactment according to the law. I volition not let each this. I volition not prevention anyone progressive successful corruption,” the CM said.

“I volition wholly reshuffle the CID, fortify the STF (Special Task Force) and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB),” CM Banerjee said.

The CM besides directed Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar to look into the complaints received against officers and instrumentality enactment successful lawsuit they were genuine. “If determination are complaints (against constabulary officers oregon governmental persons), verify it. Take beardown action,” the CM told Kumar.

Mamata’s outburst comes a time aft cardinal constabulary officers successful Kolkata and Howrah were transferred, triggering criticisms from the Opposition, particularly the BJP.

Also, the CM’s remarks travel days aft a execution bid connected a TMC councillor successful Kasba that led to the ruling enactment questioning the functioning of police.

Emphasising that BSF and RPF are liable for borderline security, the CM said the Centre should instrumentality steps to halt the smuggling of fake currency and arms into the state.

Directing authorities constabulary to fortify vigilance, the CM said: “Naka checking volition beryllium done everywhere, including the borderline areas. We person identified 17 to 18 arms factories successful Bihar. Fake currency is being brought into the authorities from the neighbouring country,” the CM said.

She further expressed her disappointment astatine the rising prices of potatoes and bulb and their export from Bengal to different states.

“Potato is being sent crossed the authorities for much profit, portion the radical of Bengal suffer. This volition not beryllium allowed. First, the radical of our authorities should person it. If determination is much stock, past it volition spell extracurricular the state… We are increasing onions here, past wherefore is determination a crisis? Tout raj is going on,” said the CM.

She asked the task force, acceptable up to power prices of vegetables, to beryllium much active. Meanwhile, the CM said that wealth for Krishak Bandhu, Lakshmir Bhandar and different schemes volition beryllium disbursed from December.

“Rs 2,900 crore volition soon beryllium straight transferred to the accounts of implicit 1.07 crore farmers done the Krishak Bandhu scheme. This is for the 2024-25 Rabi season. Money volition beryllium soon transferred to their accounts,” she said, adding that aft the postulation of surveys, the archetypal installment of Banglar Bari volition beryllium sent to recipients successful December.