Bengal arson: Debasis Chakraborty appointed new Inspector in Charge of Rampurhat
India Today
Debasis Chakraborty has been appointed as the new Inspector in Charge of Rampurhat Police Station in West Bengal.
Debasis Chakraborty has been appointed as the new Inspector in Charge of Rampurhat Police Station. This follows after the previous Inspector in charge was suspended last month over the violence that claimed the lives of eight people in West Bengal’s Birbhum district.
The previous inspector in-charge of Rampurhat Police Station was suspended for “gross misconduct” and “dereliction of duty”.
“Tridip Pramanik, Inspector of Police, presently posted as Inspector in Charge, Rampurhat PS, Birbhum district suspended with immediate effect for his gross misconduct and dereliction of duty unbecoming of a member of a disciplined Police force,” Additional DGP, Law and Order, West Bengal, was quoted as saying by ANI.
Debasis Chakraborty, who was appointed as the new Inspector in Charge of Rampurhat Police Station on Saturday, was previously posted as Inspector of Police, Directorate of Economic Offence, West Bengal.
Eight people, including women and children, were killed after miscreants set fire to 10 houses in Birbhum's Bogtui village on March 21. The attack was seen as retaliation for the murder of Bhadu Sheikh, who was the TMC 'upa-pradhan' of the local panchayat.
The Calcutta High Court took suo motu cognizance of the incident and directed the CBI to probe the matter. Instructions were also issued to the West Bengal government not to proceed with its probe into the matter and allow the CBI to investigate.
