Overview
- West Bengal named senior IPS officer Damayanti Sen member secretary of a new commission, announced Monday by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
- Retired Justice Samapti Chatterjee will chair the body to investigate alleged crimes against women and children during Trinamool Congress rule, including cases affecting SC, ST and minority communities.
- Officials said the panel will start work on June 1 with complaint intake at police stations and public hearings to gather first-hand accounts.
- Sen rose to prominence in 2012 by leading the Park Street rape probe that contradicted Mamata Banerjee’s “fabricated” claim, produced arrests, and was followed by her transfer to a training post.
- In 2022 the Calcutta High Court assigned her four rape cases and the Rasika Jain death inquiry, and analysts now see her new role under the Adhikari government as a symbolic reset of policing priorities from the TMC era.