Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the state to take action against the Inspector in Charge (IC) of the New Town Police Station, Kallol Ghosh within January 10 else the court itself will take steps.
The case that was up for hearing at the bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh relates to a complaint by the petitioner against a promoter who allegedly was trying to grab land belonging to the family of the petitioner against their will. The IC allegedly was shielding the promoter in this case. The court said that the state needs to take steps against this officer who has several complaints of inaction against him. The judge said: “He is not supposed to work in a commissionerate zone, send him to the Bengal zone. You check the track record of this particular officer. I have checked.
Which police stations he covered and what incidents took place. Check his previous five postings…” In the last hearing in November, the court had asked the Deputy Commissioner (DC)-in-charge of New Town police station to submit a report on what action was taken against the IC for allegedly trying to shield a promoter who is threatening the petitioner for lodging a complaint against him.
It was observed in the last hearing that there is “intentional inertness” by the IC despite the petitioner suffering injuries caused by the accused. In a report submitted by the state it was seen that the IC did not intend to deal with the accused concerned, thereby defying the state advocate’s
instructions.