IPS Officer joins Trinamool Congress

On Tuesday, a Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and former Chandannagar Police Commissioner Humayun Kabir joined Trinamool Congress, a Mamta Banerjee led West Bengal ruling party.

Kabir’s role came into the spot light as the Police Commissioner of Chandannagar since he ordered the arrests of three Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) workers. Last week these orders were given since there was an alleged report of controversial sloganeering on January 20 at a rally say “Goli Maaro” (Shoot them).

The slogans were heard at a roadshow led by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari who had left the Trinamool Congress in December last year and joined the saffron brigade.

The 2003 batch IPS officer joined the party in the pre4sence of Supremo Mamta Banerjee during a political rally in East Burdwan. Earlier, Kabir’s wife Anindita Das Kabir had joined the ruling formation in Bengal.

Citing some “personal” reasons, Kabir had resigned from his service last month, barely three months before his scheduled retirement. He was replaced by Gaurav Sharma who was a joint commissioner (establishment) in the Kolkata Police.