Gang steals gold, cash from ‘Police House’, sets it on fire
Times of India | 1 July 2025
Howrah: Three thieves broke into a police officers' house at Munshirhat in Jagatballavpur, Howrah, around Sunday midnight and made away with gold and cash, collectively worth around Rs 3 lakh. No one was at home at the time of the incident. According to the complaint, the accused, while escaping, sprinkled around kerosene, which they found stored in the house, and struck a match to it. As a fire broke out, the fridge, TV, bed, sofa and important documents were destroyed. A source said four from the family living in the house were currently employed in the police force. The members are Shubhashis Kotal, a security guard at the Governor's Office in Kolkata, Parimal Kotal, a constable at Goghat PS in Hooghly, Sajal Kotal, a constable at the Bajbaj Police Outpost and their younger brother, Ujjal Kotal, a constable in Udaynarayanpur, Howrah. The house has locally come to be known as ‘Police House'. An officer from the Howrah Rural Police said they were checking CCTV footage of the house to identify the accused.