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Time of India
10-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Airport hikes physical, digital surveillance
Kolkata: Airport authorities have enhanced surveillance, both physical and digital, to ensure absolute on Saturday checked nearly 1,000 CCTV cameras on the airport premises, including those on the city side, air side and within the terminal building, to make sure each of them worked and provided a clear feed of images. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now "We ensured 100% serviceability of CCTVs at the Kolkata airport so that all critical areas are under surveillance," an official which guards the airport and checks flyers as well as airport and airline staff and other service providers entering the airport, stepped up patrolling. Mobile quick response teams were also activated to meet emergency situations. The number of CISF personnel at the airport has been increased from 1,400 to 1,600, and efforts are underway to get more. The sanctioned strength of the force at the airport is around 2,300. CISF has deployed more plainclothes personnel for intelligence gathering and checking both passengers and airline ground staff, service providers, like refuelling companies, airline caterers and baggage handlers. Security and surveillance of the domestic and international cargo facilities at the airport have been enhanced as well. "Aircraft and catering service trucks are being searched to ensure only authorised items are put on aircraft," said an officer, adding airlines had been asked to station more security officers outside parked said the deployment of extra CISF personnel for city-side checks and vigil around the perimeter wall could push back the rollout of DigiYatra in the domestic-to-domestic transfer in the terminal, supposed to start operations in the first half of and the airport also urged Bidhannagar Police to enhance security outside the airport's wall. The Bengal STF has arrested four persons and recovered weapons and ammunition from an SUV near the airport. Police claimed it was a gang involved in interstate weapons trafficking.
Time of India
10-05-2025
- Time of India
2 Pakistan-trained terror operatives with Lashkar-e-Taiba links held in West Bengal's Birbhum
KOLKATA/SURI: Two Pakistan-trained terrorists having links with banned Bangladeshi terror outfit Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were arrested by the Bengal STF from Birbhum's Nalhati and Murarai on Friday morning. Sleuths suspect that they also maintained links with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) . A Birbhum court will hear the case on Saturday and asked police to keep the arrested duo in jail overnight. Police told the court that both needs to be questioned in detail in the backdrop of the ongoing hostilities with Pakistan. STF claimed that the suspects, Ajmol Hossain (28), arrested from Nalhati, and Saheb Ali Khan (28), arrested from Murarai, were involved in spreading radical ideology. Operation Sindoor India's air defence systems shoot down Pak drones in J&K, Punjab & Rajasthan India-Pakistan tensions: Delhi airport issues travel advisory Operation Sindoor: Multiple explosions heard at several Pakistan air bases "They are part of a module that is engaged in the dissemination of seditious and jihadi materials using encrypted sophisticated media and also planning to target certain persons and places," said Bengal STF SP (Operations) Indrajit Basu. They were also recruiting youths for terror organisations, he added. Intelligence sources said Hossain, who headed this module, attempted to cross over to Bangladesh for jihadi activities and have been maintaining connections across the subcontinent for the past several months. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 20 Most Dangerous Bridges in the World Undo He was inducted into this terror cell several years ago. According to STF, Hossain was in touch with Pakistani handlers in PoK. Investigators are also probing his potential involvement in the recent violence in Murshidabad. Jarjes Mondal, father of Ajmol and a schoolteacher by profession, claimed his son was innocent. "My son is a village quack. The cops never told me why he was picked up."
Time of India
10-05-2025
- Time of India
2 Pakistan-trained operatives nabbed in Kolkata
KOLKATA/SURI: Bengal STF arrested two Pakistan-trained terrorists with links to banned terror outfit, Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), from Birbhum 's Nalhati and Murarai on Friday. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now A Birbhum court will hear the case on Saturday and asked police to keep the arrested duo in jail overnight. Police told the court that both suspects must be questioned in the backdrop of the current hostilities with Pakistan. STF said suspects Ajmol Hossain and Saheb Ali Khan were involved in spreading radical ideology and had links with (LeT). "They are part of a module that is engaged in dissemination of seditious and jihadi material using encrypted, sophisticated media, and also planning to target certain people and places," Indrajit Basu, SP (operations) of STF, said. Hossain's father said he was innocent.
Time of India
27-04-2025
- Time of India
Murshidabad deaths: Prime suspect held
1 2 Kolkata: A joint team of Bengal STF and the SIT probing the Murshidabad violence on Sunday arrested Fekarul Sk, a prime suspect in the homicide of a father and son on April 12. The arrest took place during an early morning raid in Howrah district's Domjur area. The 24-year-old, also known as Mohak, was working as a labourer while evading authorities. Police claimed he was seen leading the mob into the victims' residence on CCTV. You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata Confirming the arrest, ADG (law & order) Jawed Shamim stated that the focus now was to gather maximum evidence so that a timely charge sheet could be placed in court. "Fekarul, a resident of Sulitala in Shamsherganj (the same village where prime accused Ziaul Sk and his two sons reside), is accused of using a sharp weapon to fatally attack the father and son. His involvement came to light during the interrogation of arrested suspects," said a senior SIT official. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Google Brain Co-Founder Andrew Ng, Recommends: Read These 5 Books And Turn Your Life Around Blinkist: Andrew Ng's Reading List Undo This was the sixth arrest in the murder of Haragobindo Das (70) and his son Chandan (40), who were found with stab wounds in Jafrabad on April 12. The accused will be presented before the Murshidabad district court. Local authorities have increased security measures in the district to prevent further violence. A total of 138 FIRs have been lodged in connection with the Murshidabad violence, and over 310 arrests have been made.
