SILIGURI, 2 AUG: The Siliguri police commissionerate, which wassupposed
to be inaugurated tomorrow by the chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee,
has been postponed till 6 August.
The north Bengal development minister, Mr Goutam Deb today said the chief minister would inaugurate the new police set- up in Siliguri on 6 August before leaving for Kolkata from Darjeeling. However, he refused to divulge the reason behind the sudden postponement of the inauguration.
The senior police officials in Darjeeling district said they have received no government confirmation yet on the matter.
However, preparation has been going on in full swing at police line at Mallaguri. “We have not received any communication from the DGP office from Kolkata, confirming the inauguration,” said a senior police official on the condition of anonymity. The DGP office is also in the dark.
“We have not received any order. Unless and until we receive the communication it is not possible for us to pass any order to the Darjeeling police,” sources from the DGP office said from Kolkata. Another police officer said the police commissionerate after it is inaugurated would begin functioning from the make-shift office for the time being.
The north Bengal development minister, Mr Goutam Deb today said the chief minister would inaugurate the new police set- up in Siliguri on 6 August before leaving for Kolkata from Darjeeling. However, he refused to divulge the reason behind the sudden postponement of the inauguration.
The senior police officials in Darjeeling district said they have received no government confirmation yet on the matter.
However, preparation has been going on in full swing at police line at Mallaguri. “We have not received any communication from the DGP office from Kolkata, confirming the inauguration,” said a senior police official on the condition of anonymity. The DGP office is also in the dark.
“We have not received any order. Unless and until we receive the communication it is not possible for us to pass any order to the Darjeeling police,” sources from the DGP office said from Kolkata. Another police officer said the police commissionerate after it is inaugurated would begin functioning from the make-shift office for the time being.
- statesman news service
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