Kolkata: In a major shakeup, Bengal govt on Friday shifted out the police superintendents of Murshidabad and Jangipur.
While Jangipur SP Ananda Roy has been shifted to command the Eastern Frontier Rifles unit in West Midnapore’s Salua, Murshidabad SP Surya Kumar Yadav has been moved to Cooch Behar to command the newly formed Narayani Battalion. Roy is a part of the SIT investigating 138 FIRs connected with the Murshidabad violence. A Bhabani Bhawan source said Shaw would replace Roy in the SIT. Yadav was part of the probe team that was conducting raids outside the state.
Amit Kumar Shaw, DCP (Traffic-South, Kolkata) has been asked to take charge of Jangipur. Kumar Sunny Raj, now the SP of Ranaghat, will be the new Murshidabad SP.
Earlier this month, both Shamsherganj and Suti inspectors-in-charge were removed.
The transfers come ahead of CM Mamata Banerjee’s visit to the trouble-hit zones in May. The orders came after both places have remained peaceful over the past several days. SIT has so far nabbed 307 persons.
Aashish Maurya, who was SS (IB), will be the new SP of Ranaghat. Angshuman Saha, CO of the Narayani Battalion, will now be the CO of the Special Striking Force, Barrackpore.
The SIT, meanwhile, raided multiple places on Friday. “While the father-son murder case will be our top priority, we have also identified five more cases — including one in which shops were set on fire — where we wish to submit a charge sheet at the earliest,” an officer said.

Mumbai: Expressing his thanks to the Supreme Court on the strictures it passed against opposition leader Rahul Gandhi for his statements against Swatantrayaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, CM Devendra Fadnavis said on Friday, “I hope Rahul Gandhi, who moves around with a red-bound copy of the Constitution, will follow the Supreme Court’s order and stop making statements against Swatantrayaveer Savarkar.” BJP’s Shahnawaz Hussain said that the way Rahul Gandhi keeps insulting Veer Savarkar, he will not be forgiven if he continues to do it.” TNN