This article needs additional citations for verification .(April 2014) |
Commissioner of Kolkata Police Force | |
---|---|
Kolkata Police Force | |
Style | The Learned Commissioner of Police |
Abbreviation | Ld. CP |
Residence | 2, Loudon Street, Kolkata |
Seat | Lalbazar, Kolkata |
Appointer | Government of West Bengal |
Constituting instrument | The Calcutta Police Act, 1866 |
Formation | 1856 |
First holder | S. Wauchope |
Salary | HAG scale (Level 15) |
Website | kolkatapolice |
The commissioner of police, Kolkata is the chief of the Kolkata Police. The Kolkata police commissioner is appointed by the Government of West Bengal and reports independently to the home secretary of the state. The headquarter is at 18, Lal Bazar Street, near B.B.D. Bagh area of Central Kolkata.
The commissioner is an Indian Police Service officer of the rank of Additional Director General (ADG) of Police. The person heads the almost 35,000 strong metropolitan police force in a jurisdiction consisting of approximately 243 km2 area and is the home to 14,617,992 people (2011 census figures).
Sl.No | Name | Terms of office | Badge name |
---|---|---|---|
1 | S. Wauchope | 1856–1863 | |
2 | V. H. Shalch | 1863–1866 | |
3 | Sir Stuart Hogg | 1866–1876 | |
4 | C. T. Metcalfe | 1876–1881 | |
5 | Henry Harrison | 1881–1889 | |
6 | Sir John Lambert | 1889–1897 | |
7 | A. H. James | 1897–1901 | |
8 | E. M. Showera | 1901–1902 | |
9 | R. D. O. Bignell | 1902–1905 | |
10 | Sir Frederick Loch Halliday | 1905–1916 | |
11 | Sir Reginald Clarke | 1916–1923 | |
12 | Sir Charles Tegart | 1923–1931 | |
13 | L. H. Colson | 1931–1939 | |
14 | Sir C. E. S. Fairweather | 1939–1943 | |
15 | R. E. A. Ray | 1943–1946 | |
16 | D. R. Hardwick | 1946–1947 | |
17 | Surendra Nath Chatterjee | 1947–1951 | S. N. CHATTERJEE [lower-alpha 1] |
18 | H. S. Ghosh Chaudhuri | 1951–1960 | |
19 | U. Mukherjee | 1960–1962 | |
20 | S. M. Ghosh | 1962–1964 | |
21 | P. K. Sen | 1964–1967 | |
22 | Ranjit Kumar Gupta | 1967–1971 | |
23 | R. N. Chatterjee | 1971–1972 | |
24 | S. C. Chaudhuri | 1972–1976 | |
25 | S. Basu | 1976–1978 | |
26 | S. K. Sinha | 1978–1980 | |
27 | N. Som | 1980–1984 | |
28 | B. K. Basu | 1984–1988 | |
29 | B. K. Saha | 1988–1992 | |
30 | T. K. Talukdar | 1992–1996 | |
31 | D. C. Vajpai | 1996–2001 | |
32 | S. K. Chakravarti | 2001–2004 | |
33 | Prasun Mukherjee | 17 Oct 2004 – 2007 | PRASUN MUKHERJEE |
34 | Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti | 17 Oct 2007 – 16 Mar 2011 | GAUTAM |
35 | Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda | 17 Mar 2011 – 14 Feb 2013 | R. K. PACHNANDA |
36 | Surajit Kar Purkayastha | 14 Feb 2013 – 13 Feb 2016 | SURAJIT |
37 | Rajeev Kumar | 14 Feb 2016 – 12 April 2016 | RAJEEV |
38 | Soumen Mitra | 13 April 2016 – 21 May 2016 | SOUMEN MITRA [1] |
(37) | Rajeev Kumar | 21 May 2016 – 19 February 2019 | RAJEEV [2] |
39 | Anuj Sharma | 19 February 2019 – 5 April 2019 | ANUJ [3] |
40 | Dr. Rajesh Kumar | 6 April 2019 – 26 May 2019 | DR. RAJESH |
(39) | Anuj Sharma | 26 May 2019 – 6 Feb 2021 | ANUJ |
(38) | Soumen Mitra | 6 Feb 2021–31 Dec 2021 | SOUMEN MITRA [4] |
41 | Vineet Kumar Goyal | 1 Jan 2022—Incumbent |
Bengali Brahmos are those who adhere to Brahmoism, the philosophy of Brahmo Samaj which was founded by Raja Rammohan Roy. A recent publication describes the disproportionate influence of Brahmos on India's development post-19th Century as unparalleled in recent times.
Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 20 May 2011, the first woman to hold the office. Having served multiple times as a Union Cabinet Minister, Mamata Banerjee became the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the first time in 2011. She founded the All India Trinamool Congress in 1998 after separating from the Indian National Congress, and became its second chairperson later in 2001. She is often referred to as Didi.
The Kolkata Police is the police department of the city of Kolkata, West Bengal. It is one of the six presidency police forces of the Indian state of West Bengal. Kolkata Police has the task of policing the metropolitan area of Kolkata, India. The force's motto is "Bhavatā Saha – Sarvadā". Established in 1856, it is the oldest police commissionerate in the country.
Bhowanipore is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
The West Bengal Police is one of the two police forces of the Indian state of West Bengal. The other being the Kolkata Police, which has a separate jurisdiction across Kolkata.
Konnagar is a town and a municipality of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal in India. Konnagar has a railway station that connect with Howrah. It is under Uttarpara police station in Serampore subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
Madan Mitra is an Indian politician, actor from West Bengal. Madan Mitra started his career with party Indian National Congress. He held many positions of Indian Youth Congress, the party's youth wing. In 1998, he joined All India Trinamool Congress party, founded by his colleague Mamata Banerjee, and his movie debut was in the 2023 Bengali film Oh! Lovely. In 2011, he was elected to the legislative assembly and became a state minister. He was arrested for the Sarada chit fund conspiracy case and got bail after 22 months.
Bidhannagar City Police, established on 20 January 2012, is a police force with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation and certain adjacent areas in Greater Kolkata. The Commissionerate is part of the West Bengal Police and is under the administrative control of Home Ministry of West Bengal. Shri Gaurav Sharma is the current Commissioner of the Bidhannagar City Police. Shri Rajeev Kumar was the first commissioner of Bidhan Nagar City Police.
Ward No. 7, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 1, covering parts of Bagbazar neighbourhood in North Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ward No. 10, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 2, covering parts of Shyambazar, Shobhabazar, Shyampukur and Hatibagan neighbourhoods in North Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ward No. 34, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 3, covering parts of Beliaghata neighbourhood in north-central Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ward No. 35, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 3, covering parts of Beliaghata and Phoolbagan neighbourhoods in north-central Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Soumen Mitra is an Indian police officer, who is serving as 43rd Police Commissioner of Kolkata on 8 February 2021, in the rank of DGP. Being an IPS officer, he was at 1988 cadre of IPS service from West Bengal.
Sanjay Mitra is a retired 1982 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of West Bengal cadre. He served as Defence Secretary of India, and prior to that as Union Road Transport and Highways Secretary, and the Chief Secretary of West Bengal. Mitra also served—on an acting basis—as the chairperson of the Defence Research and Development Organisation for a period of three months.
Anuj Sharma is an officer of the Indian Police Service. He was the 40th and 42nd Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, having served from 19 February to 5 April 2019 and from 26 May 2019 to 7 February 2021. On 26 May 2019, Anuj Sharma was reinstated as the 42nd Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, replacing Dr. Rajesh Kumar.
Surajit Kar Purkayastha is a retired senior Indian Police Service officer of 1985 West Bengal cadre who served as the State Security Advisor of West Bengal from 1 June 2018 to 31 May 2021. Prior to that, he served as Director General of Police of West Bengal and was the 36th Police Commissioner of Kolkata.
Rajesh Kumar is an officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS) and a former Commissioner of Police, Kolkata. He is currently the Member-Secretary of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB).
Madhumati Mitra is a former judge of the Calcutta High Court, in West Bengal, India. She briefly served as the registrar of the National University of Juridical Sciences as well as of the Calcutta High Court before being appointed as a judge at the High Court. During her tenure as a High Court judge, she adjudicated in a number of significant cases, including in litigation concerning the Saradha Group financial scandal.
Manoj Malaviya is a 1986 batch Indian Police Service officer who served as the Director General of West Bengal Police from August 2021 to December 2023. He is now the State Police Advisor (SPA), West Bengal. He has held several important positions in his career, including Additional Commissioner of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security in Delhi, and Deputy Commissioner of Police in Kolkata Police. He was promoted to the rank of Director General in 2017 and held the post till 2023.
Rajeev Kumar is an Indian Police Service officer and administrator, who is serving as Director General of Police, West Bengal since 27 December 2023. Prior to his office, he was principal secretary of Information Technology of West Bengal Government until 2023.