Kolkata: Soumen Mitra, a senior police officer of the 1988 batch, today took over as the new Police Commissioner of Kolkata after Rajeev Kumar was removed by the Election Commission.
Soon after assuming the chair of the city police chief at the Lalbazar Police Headquarters, Mr Mitra said, "It's a challenging time. My main job now is to get through the elections peacefully."
Mr Mitra was earlier working as Additional Director General, CID in the state police.
With this change, Ram Phal Pawar (an IPS of the 1988 batch), who was holding the post of ADG, Anti-Corruption Branch in West Bengal, would now take over as ADG, CID in the state police.
The BJP and Congress had recently moved the Election Commission seeking removal of Mr Kumar alleging that he was close to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and accused him of "snooping" on opposition leaders, bureaucrats and journalists.
Two Kolkata Police personnel had allegedly tried to bribe Mr Sinha in return for help to smuggle out cows to Bangladesh. Mr Sinha had alleged that it was a conspiracy by the Trinamool government to trap BJP leaders in the sting operation before the Assembly polls and demanded a CBI probe.
Soon after assuming the chair of the city police chief at the Lalbazar Police Headquarters, Mr Mitra said, "It's a challenging time. My main job now is to get through the elections peacefully."
Mr Mitra was earlier working as Additional Director General, CID in the state police.
With this change, Ram Phal Pawar (an IPS of the 1988 batch), who was holding the post of ADG, Anti-Corruption Branch in West Bengal, would now take over as ADG, CID in the state police.
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The BJP and Congress had recently moved the Election Commission seeking removal of Mr Kumar alleging that he was close to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and accused him of "snooping" on opposition leaders, bureaucrats and journalists.
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Two Kolkata Police personnel had allegedly tried to bribe Mr Sinha in return for help to smuggle out cows to Bangladesh. Mr Sinha had alleged that it was a conspiracy by the Trinamool government to trap BJP leaders in the sting operation before the Assembly polls and demanded a CBI probe.
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