Kolkata Leather Complex PS to come under city police

The Kolkata Leather Complex (KLC) police station in the outskirts of the South-eastern part of the city will be brought under the jurisdiction of the Kolkata Police.

It is learnt that the decision has been taken in Cabinet meeting held on Friday.

KLC Police Station in South 24 Parganas is at present under the West Bengal Police. If one takes Basanti Highway from Eastern Metropolitan Bypass and heads toward South 24 Parganas, the first police station after leaving the jurisdiction of the Kolkata Police is KLC police station.

The jurisdiction under the KLC police station is considered to be an important area as there are leather complex and office of an IT major.

There are plots where offices and other establishment would come up.

Accidents are quite common on the "narrow" Basanti Expressway. Thus, road signs have been put up on both sides of the roads directing drivers what to do while driving on that road.

The area of the road which is under the jurisdiction of the Pragati Maidan Police Station, which is under the Kolkata Police, were found having road signs and

there was also proper patrolling of police.

Thus to ensure the same in the jurisdiction under KLC Police Station, the decision has been taken to bring it under the jurisdiction of the Kolkata Police.

With KLC Police Station coming under the Kolkata Police, there will be total 76 police stations under the jurisdiction of the city police and there is one Cyber Crime police station situated in the premises of the city police's headquarters at Lalbazar.