January 01, 2026 08:13 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
New Year horror in Switzerland: Dozens feared dead in Crans-Montana bar explosion | Tobacco stocks crushed as govt slaps fresh excise duty from Feb 1 | Vodafone Idea shares explode 10% after surprise settlement and govt relief boost | No third party involved: India govt sources refute China’s Operation Sindoor ceasefire claim | Amit Shah blasts TMC over border fencing; Mamata fires back on Pahalgam and Delhi blast | 'A profound loss for Bangladesh politics': Sheikh Hasina mourns Khaleda Zia’s death | PM Modi mourns Khaleda Zia’s death, hails her role in India-Bangladesh ties | Bangladesh’s first female Prime Minister Khaleda Zia passes away at 80 | India rejects Pakistan’s Christmas vandalism remarks, cites its ‘abysmal’ minority record | Minority under fire: Hindu houses torched in Bangladesh village
Kolkata Police

Rajeev Kumar replaces Surajit Kar Purakayastha as Kolkata Police Commissioner

| | Jan 30, 2016, at 04:27 am
#Rajeev Kumar # Surajit Kar Purakayastha # Kolkata Police Commissioner
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IBNS): The Home Department of West Bengal government has appointed IPS officer Rajeev Kumar as the new Commissioner of Kolkata Police on Friday, reports said.
He had previously been posted as the ADG and IGP of WB Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
 
Another IPS officer, Soumen Mitra, who was the Special Commissioner (I) of Kolkata Police, is going to be the ADG and IGP of WB CID, according to reports.
 
Previous Kolkata CP Surajit Kar Purakayastha will be appointed as the Director General of WB Police (Crime), which post was abolished previously, sources said.
 
Meanwhile, Badana Varun Chandra Sekhar, who was the CO of Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR)'s 1st Battalion, is replacing Bharati Ghosh as the Superintendent of West Midnapore and Bharati Ghosh becomes the OSD of LWE (Operations in the rank of SP).
 
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Related Images
In images: Amit Shah arrives in Kolkata for a 3-day visit in poll-bound West Bengal
In images: Amit Shah arrives in Kolkata for a 3-day visit in poll-bound West Bengal Dec 29, 2025, at 09:47 pm
In Images: PM Modi pays heartfelt tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 101st birth anniversary at Rajghat
In Images: PM Modi pays heartfelt tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 101st birth anniversary at Rajghat Dec 25, 2025, at 02:05 pm
In Images: Inside PM Modi’s Christmas visit to Delhi church
In Images: Inside PM Modi’s Christmas visit to Delhi church Dec 25, 2025, at 12:26 pm
Related Videos
#bangladesh: Hindu Man Lynched, Set Ablaze as Islamist Mob Runs Riot After Youth Leader’s Killing Dec 22, 2025, at 04:31 pm
PM #Modi witnesses soulful rendition of #vandemataram by Ethiopian singers in #Ethiopia Dec 22, 2025, at 04:30 pm
Moment Sydney Bondi beach shooter was disarmed by brave man in civilian clothes Dec 22, 2025, at 04:29 pm