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Soumen Datta

Soumen Datta

Soumen Datta is a Special Correspondent of Hindustan Times. He is a crime reporter having experience in crime and investigative reporting for more than 15 years.

Articles by Soumen Datta

IS operative Mussa advocated use of pepper spray

He was also about to use one himself, having purchased a few from an online retailer furnishing a fake identity proof, the NIA charge sheet submitted to a court in Kolkata last week claims.

Updated on Dec 28, 2016 05:46 IST

IS suspect Mussa visited Delhi, Srinagar for recce to kill foreigners: NIA

IS suspect Mohammad Mussa was reported inspired to devote his life to IS by none other than Abu Sulaiman, the mastermind of Dhaka’s Holey Artisan Bakery attack.

Updated on Dec 26, 2016 10:54 IST

IS suspect planned to attack Mother House in Kolkata, kill foreigners: NIA

An Islamic State flag is seen in this picture illustration.

Updated on Dec 25, 2016 14:20 IST

Now North 24-Parganas emerges as a fake note hub in Bengal

North 24-Parganas district registered 31 Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) cases during the six-month period, only second to Malda which recorded 45 cases .

Updated on Dec 16, 2016 04:56 IST

FBI sleuths to question IS suspect in Kolkata

leuths from the National Investigation Agency produce suspected members of Islamic State before a NIA court.

Updated on Dec 8, 2016 12:21 IST

You don’t have to pay traffic fines in Kolkata from today

Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar took the decision. However, serious traffic offences will not be let off.

Updated on Nov 20, 2016 07:23 IST

Kin of Indian youth sold as slave in Saudi Arabia seek govt help

Saudi Arabia is home to large number of expats from India, who work there for better pay, one of them is Jayanta Biswas, who was sold as a slave to Saudi citizen and his whereabouts are still clueless.

Updated on Nov 9, 2016 19:50 IST

Automobile engineer from Bengal sold as slave to Saudi citizen

Jayanta’s father Rabindranath Biswas wrote to the MEA detailing his son’s plight and appealed for help to arrange his return.

Updated on Nov 8, 2016 03:50 IST

Two JMB members accused in the Burdwan blast have joined IS

Policemen lock the house where an IED exploded accidentally on October 2, 2014 revealing the biggest terror network operating in Bengal so far.

Updated on Nov 1, 2016 04:58 IST

Many NIA sleuths may go back to their parent cadre

NIA officers at Khagragarh, Burdwan. The agency wrapped up the investigation in a few months and unravelled the entire plot bringing into focus how a banned Bangladeshi terror outfit used the soil of Bengal to recruit youths, train them in weapons and made IEDs.

Updated on Sep 28, 2016 06:01 IST

Policing the police, Kolkata traffic sergeants get body cameras

Traffic police personnel often bear the brunt of those who try to browbeat, and often simply beat them up, to get away after breaking the law.

Updated on Sep 3, 2016 05:30 IST

Two Ola drivers arrested for raping and murdering minor in Kolkata

This was the first time smart cab drivers were involved in gruesome crimes such as abduction, rape and murder in Bengal.

Updated on Aug 31, 2016 08:00 IST

Kolkata teenager’s murder case on fast track, 7 questioned

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Updated on Jul 27, 2016 06:14 IST

Flirting with danger puts Bengal climbers at risk on Everest

A trekker pauses as he makes his way towards Everest Base camp, above Pheriche valley, Nepal. After the mountain remain closed for two years following an avalanche in April 2014 and the earthquake in April-May 2015, this year’s climbing season saw a huge rush of people.

Updated on Jun 10, 2016 10:51 IST

On Everest expedition, three climbers from Bengal go missing

A file photo of Paresh Nath who has gone missing during his ascent to Mt Everest.

Updated on May 21, 2016 12:54 IST

Kolkata flyover collapse: ‘Cries for help from crushed taxi’

People gather around a mangled vehicle after an under-construction flyover collapsed in Kolkata on Thursday.

Updated on Apr 1, 2016 08:20 IST

Student spread IS ideology among youths in Bengal: NIA

The agency also learnt that Ashique Ahmed got in touch with these youths through social networking sites.

Updated on Mar 29, 2016 06:41 IST

Two detained for trying to bribe BJP’s Rahul Sinha

Representative photo.

Updated on Mar 28, 2016 10:25 IST

Saradha: CBI awaiting nod from Delhi to interrogate TMC MPs, minister

TMC leader and former West Bengal minister Madan Mitra arrives at a local court to surrender himself in Kolkata after Calcutta high court rejected his bail petition.

Updated on Nov 23, 2015 10:35 IST

Saradha scam: ED traces Sen's property worth Rs 1,600 crore

Saradha-Group-founder-Sudipta-Sen

Updated on Aug 13, 2015 04:32 IST

NIA gets proof: Fake currency carrier not minor but of 22

Updated on Jul 27, 2015 07:59 IST

In Kolkata, man found living with skeletons of sister and 2 pet dogs

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Updated on Jun 12, 2015 10:14 IST

State to send crack mountaineering team to locate Chhanda Gayen

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Updated on Feb 23, 2015 05:56 IST

Riverfront makeover hits a bump

Updated on Feb 14, 2015 07:37 IST

Bengal cops keep hawk eye to check Maoists along border

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Updated on Feb 13, 2015 06:40 IST

CBI to quiz Mitra’s son for wedding costs

Updated on Feb 11, 2015 17:53 IST

Kapil Sibal to fight for TMC in SC after all

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Updated on Jan 25, 2015 08:31 IST

Mukul wants to appear before CBI after jan 28

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Updated on Jan 22, 2015 07:33 IST

TMC MP Imran had links with Bangla Jamaat: Intel

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Updated on Jan 3, 2015 09:20 IST

Trinamool MP Imran accused of links with Bangladesh terror groups

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Updated on Jan 2, 2015 17:35 IST

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