Second OC of Kalighat transferred by Kolkata Police within 24 hours on EC direction
Telegraph | 4 May 2026
The newly appointed officer-in-charge of Kalighat police station was removed on Sunday, less than 24 hours after being posted there.
Inspector Chameli Mukherjee, who was posted as the officer-in-charge of Kalighat police station on Saturday, was removed by Kolkata Police on Sunday following directions from the Election Commission, sources said.
Mukherjee was reinstated to her earlier post as officer-in-charge of Ultadanga (Women) police station. Inspector Balai Bag, who was serving as additional officer-in-charge of Polerhat police station in Bhangar Division, was deputed to the South Division as officer-in-charge of Kalighat police station with immediate effect.
Ajay Nand, the commissioner of Kolkata Police, issued the orders.
Although no official reason for this change was cited, sources said a political complaint had triggered the latest transfer on the eve of the counting day.
On Saturday, Goutam Das, the then officer-in-charge of Kalighat police station, was removed from his post within a week of taking charge following a complaint over a social media post he had made.
In the post, Das had shared a photograph of himself in uniform holding a sophisticated firearm and posing as if aiming it.