Kolkata: Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Rajeev Kumar, who
was removed as the Kolkata Police Commissioner by the Election Commission
during the West Bengal assembly polls, was reinstated to the post, confirmed
state government sources on Saturday.
The move to reinstate Kumar comes two days after the Banerjee-led TMC
government came back into power, with a massive margin of over 211 of the 294
Assembly seats. Kumar was replaced after direct orders from the EC and Soumen
Mitra had taken his place on April 12. Mitra will now be taking charge as the
ADG Training.
After Mitra’s appointment,
Banerjee in a rally at Chandipur in East Midnapore district had alleged that
officers were appointed to posts like Kolkata police commissioner, district
magistrates and SPs under the instructions of the poll panel, and said that she
had taken note of who had done what and also those who had worked
“impartially”. “Those responsible will have to face the consequences. Election
Commission’s duty is to ensure free and fair poll, but they have unleashed
terror with the help of a section of police officials,” she had said while
adding that “if someone thinks by getting power for 15 days, he will do
anything, then he is mistaken”.
Kumar’s removal had come immediately after the first phase, in the six
phase Assembly elections, had ended. Leaders of all the leading Opposition
parties here — CPIM, Congress and BJP — had complained to the EC, alleging that
Kumar was partial towards the state government. “Following an order of the
Election Commission of India, the Kolkata Police Commissioner is removed from
his post. ADG (CID) Soumen Mitra will replace him,” the EC had said while
adding that following the complaints against him and the demands of his
removal, they were considering it for sometime.
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