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Bidhannagar City Police (Bengali: বিধাননগর সিটি পুলিশ), 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[1] (Saltlake, Dum Dum Park, Lake Town, Bangur Avenue, Kestopur, Baguiati, Raghunathpur, Teghoria, Arjunpur, Kaikhali, Rajarhat, New Town, Dumdum/Kolkata Airport Area, Inside of NSCBI Airport, Gouripur, Michael Nagar, Ganganagar).[2] 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.[3]
Structure and jurisdiction
The Police commissionerate is situated at Bidhannagar and is divided into three geographical divisions: Bidhannagar Division, Newtown Division, and Airport Division.[4] The commissionerate is responsible for law enforcement over an area of Template:Cvt[5] with 13 Police Stations; 8 Traffic Guards; 1 Women Police Station and 1 Cyber Crime Police Station under it.[6] As like Kolkata Traffic Police, Only Bidhan Nagar City Traffic Police has traffic guards offices headed by an Officer-In-Charge. Bidhannaagar City Police is headed by the Commissioner of Police, who is an Indian Police Service officer in the rank of Inspector-General of Police (IGP). The city police commissioner is assisted by a joint commissioner at the headquarters and several deputy police commissioners handling the matters on law and order, traffic, investigations and intelligence.[7] Other specialized departments, including the Detective Department and the Special Branch are headed by Additional deputy commissioners, who are in the rank of additional superintendent of police.[7] The police stations are headed by an Officer-In-Charge, an Inspector rank officer.
Police stations
- On 27 November 2019, 2 new police station Eco Park and Technocity was inaugurated after dividing New Town Police Station.[8][9]
- Airport PS
- Baguiati PS
- NSCBI Airport PS
- Bidhannagar East PS
- Bidhannagar North PS
- Bidhannagar South PS
- Electronics Complex PS
- Lake Town PS
- Narayanpur PS
- New Town PS
- Eco Park PS
- Rajarhat PS
- Technocity PS
Specialised Police Stations
- 1.Bidhannagar Cyber Crime PS
- 2.Bidhannagar Women PS [11]
Traffic Guards
- 1. Airport Traffic Guard
- 2. Baguiati Traffic Guard
- 3. Narayanpur Traffic Guard
- 4. Rajarhat Traffic Guard
- 5. Bidhannagar Traffic Guard
- 6. Lake Town Traffic Guard
- 7. New Town Traffic Guard
- 8. Nabadiganta Traffic Guard
- 9. Eco Park Sub-Traffic Guard
See also
External links
References
- ↑ North 24 Parganas district. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ↑ Police Commissionerate.
- ↑ DGP orders probe against Lake Town IC. The Times of India(6 February 2012). Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ↑ Division-wise Police Stations.
- ↑ Bidhannagar City Police Jurisdiction.
- ↑ All Police Stations.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Township task force: What it means for you. The Telegraph(17 January 2012). Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ↑ 2 New PS for 300 sq KM satellite town(27 November 2019).
- ↑ Total Police Stations.
- ↑ Specialised Police Stations.
- ↑ Women Police Stations List. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ↑ Traffic Guards.