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Human Bones Smuggling Racket Uncovered In Nabadwip, 2 Held

Nabadwip, July 11: The Nadia district police have busted a racket trading human skeletons illegally after raiding an isolated “char” land that recently surfaced up over river Bhagirathi on Tuesday night. So far two persons involved in the racket have been arrested. As many as 3 skulls, 38 ribs, 4…


Minors Stripped Mentally Unstable Man, Made Video Viral, Arrested

NAKASHIPARA, June 15: Police arrested three minor boys including two school going boys from Nadia’s Nakashipara allegedly for stripping a 37 year old mentally unstable person,  video graphing the entire episode and making the video viral through a mobile based messaging service. A 30 year old mobile phone repairing shop…


Bangladeshi Youth Held For Killing Girlfriends’s Mother

Hanshkhali, April 30: Police have arrested a 26 year old Bangladeshi youth from Nadia’s Hanshkhali on Monday morning allegedly for killing her former fiancé’s mother as she got her daughter married elsewhere rejecting his marriage proposal. Police said body of Rina Adhikary (35), a homemaker, was found on Saturday evening…


Ex Nadia CPM Councilor Held For Carcass Meat Racket Link

Kalyani, April 26: A retired supervisor of Gayeshpur based Multi Disciplinary Training Centre ,  was arrested from his home in Kalyani late Thursday night by South 24Pargana police for his alleged nexus with the noxious meat racket that was busted on Thursday. Police said that accused Manik Mukherjee (62), who…


IPL Betting Racket Busted In Kalyani; 3 Arrested

Kalyani, April 15: The Kalyani Police arrested three bookies from on Saturday night for accepting bets for the ongoing IPL matches. The suspects, were arrested on the basis of a tip of from Gayeshpur and Dumdum Cantonment while they were accepting bets during the match between Mumbai Indians  and Delhi Daredevils. …


Russian Devotee Arrested For Assaulting Worshiper At Iskcon

Nabadweep, March 13: Police have arrested a Russian lady Vaishnab devotee, allegedly for assaulting a lady worshipper from USA associated with Iskcon in Nadia’s Mayapur on Tuesday morning.  Police said that the accused Russian woman identified as Olga Mazahara, who adopted Vaishnabism and renamed as ‘Champaklata’ had allegedly beaten up Maria Dzlebakowski,…


Man Arrested For Sharing Abusive Cartoon On Mamata Banerjee

Dhantala, Nov. 28: Dhiraj Mistry (33), a lottery ticket vendor was arrested by Nadia police from his home in Dhantala’s Barbaria colony today morning as he was accused of sharing a cartoon on his Facebook timeline allegedly abusing chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Dhiraj was produced before the additional chief judicial…


Youth Arrested For Abetting Wife’s Suicide

Nabadweep, Nov. 14: Police have today arrested a BA final year student of English honors of Nabadweep College allegedly for uploading some private photographs of her estranged wife, one of her classmates, creating a fake facebook account in her name that eventually led her to commit suicide out of humiliation….


Snatcher Paid Back In Own Coin

Oct. 31: Maya Mir (46),  a snatcher today paid back in own coin when she was caught by some daily passengers in a Krishnanagar bound train when she was travelling with a leather bag she snatched from a woman from the same train yesterday. Some woman travelling in the train…


Trader Arrested In Santipur For Stocking Banned Fire Crackers

Santipur, Oct. 15: Police have seized a huge cache of banned fire crackers from a shot and arrested the trader selling it illegally. The trader, identified as Dilip Biswas (40), a resident of Baigachipara in Santipur was arrested after police recovered about 50kgs of banned crackers stocked in his shop…