The state home department has issued a notification for a new police station in Patiram, South Dinajpur, on the outskirts of district headquarters Balurghat.
“The state government issued the notification on Saturday. Accordingly, the existing Patiram investigation centre under Balurghat police station will be upgraded into a full-fledged police station and will be inaugurated on Monday on the same premises....Infrastructure work, which include posting additional personnel, would be done,” South Dinajpur SP Debarshi Dutta said.
Areas under Patiram, Bolla, Najirpur and Gopalbati panchayats, under Balurghat police station and Batun panchayat area of Kumarganj police station, will now fall under the ambit of this new police station.
The decision was welcomed by residents in and around Patiram for whom this was a longstanding demand. On Saturday, residents celebrated the news by bursting crackers and distributing sweets.
On Sunday, social outfit Patiram Nagarik O Yuba Samaj offered people sweets. They said that till 1911, Patiram had a full-fledged police station but eventually it was reduced to an investigation centre or outpost. Biswajit Pramanik of the outfit thanked the state government.
7 camels rescued
Acting on a tip-off, the police of Kaliaganj of North Dinajpur along with some NGO representatives rescued seven camels from Kaludangi area of Kaliaganj on Saturday night.
Police sources said the camels were brought from Rajasthan and were meant to be smuggled to Bangladesh.
“Those who bought the camels fled the spot. The camels would be sent back to a rehabilitation centre in Sirohi, Rajasthan,” said a police officer.
Recently, the police had recovered three camels from Malgaon, also in Kaliaganj block.
Cops rescue ‘thief’
Malda: A mob in Jhaljhalia caught a youth accused of stealing a stone idol from a shop and beat him for over an hour on Sunday till police rescued him. His condition is critical.
In another incident, a man along with four others tried to kidnap his wife. The woman said her husband was a drug addict. The husband and his four aides have been arrested.
SOUMYA DE SARKAR
