Centre, Bengal in tussle over three IPS officers | India News
File photo NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: In what will be seen as an escalation of BJP’s political confrontation with Trinamool Congress, the home ministry has called three IPS officers of West Bengal cadre on central deputation, as part of an exercise to fix responsibility for the alleged lapses that led to Thursday’s attack on BJP chief J P Nadda’s convoy near Kolkata. The Centre has sought concurrence of the West Bengal government in the matter by December 15, while the state’s official response is awaited. Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee wrote to home secretary Ajay Bhalla on Saturday, saying, ...