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Superintendent of Police, Cooch Behar Dyutiman Bhattacharya was connected Thursday (October 23, 2025) transferred from his station aft allegations of battle connected those bursting crackers drew wide condemnation.
Mr. Bhattacharya has been appointed arsenic the Commandant of the 3rd Battalion of the State Armed Police. Sandeep Karra has been appointed as the caller Superintendent of Police Cooch Behar successful his place.
Mr. Bhattacharya was accused of beating up respective people, including children and women, for bursting firecrackers connected Deepavali nighttime (October 20) adjacent his authoritative residence. The incidental had sparked beardown absorption from governmental and societal circles successful the State.
Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari besides raised the contented and said that the SP assaulted those children and a pistillate successful an unstable authorities of mind. Videos successful which a idiosyncratic wielding a instrumentality and bandana tied astir his caput and assaulting radical was captured by adjacent circuit tv cameras.
While the SP denied immoderate assault, helium spoke to media persons connected however the bursting of crackers continued unabated till precocious successful the night. “We thought, this volition beryllium the end, this volition beryllium the end... but 10 p.m. came, 11 p.m. came, the powerfulness of the firecrackers did not stop. [The firecrackers] were bursting continuously till 1 am. My woman ‘counted’ and up to 60 firecrackers were burst astatine once. My information guards went and stopped them. No 1 paid immoderate attention. However, determination was nary beating. My dogs were screaming and going crazy,” Mr. Bhattacharya said. Not lone were the locals assaulted but they were besides arrested and aboriginal released connected bail.
