Overview
- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced on Saturday that five officers were suspended after the home department's initial investigations linked them to misconduct during the previous Trinamool Congress government.
- The suspended include IPS officer Koteswar Rao, who the government says ordered a lathi charge in Kakdwip and moved a desecrated Kali idol to a police van and station.
- ASI Moazzem Hossain was suspended over a April 2024 incident in Kaliaganj in which police firing killed Mrityunjoy Barman, and the state said an FIR would be filed against him.
- Two Kolkata police officers, Sadhan Das and Subarna Dutta Choudhury, were suspended after the state said they harassed retired IPS officer Pankaj Dutta during an October 2024 interrogation, and Amalendu Biswas faces departmental proceedings for alleged assault and derogatory remarks at a 2025 immersion procession.
- The move is framed by the new Adhikari administration as part of a 'Zero Tolerance' push to hold police accountable for partisan or heavy‑handed actions under the 2011–2026 period, with further legal and administrative steps possible as inquiries continue.