West Bengal cop arrested in Mumbai for raping woman at Salt Lake guest house

Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Bidhannagar East Police traced Haque to Mumbai and arrested him on Monday. He was produced before a Mumbai court and subsequently brought to Kolkata on transit remand.Accused SI Ajmal Haque in police custody (Photo: ITG)A Sub-Inspector posted at a police station in West Bengal’s Birbhum district was arrested from Mumbai in connection with an alleged rape case involving a young woman at a guest house in Salt Lake near Kolkata, police said on Monday. The accused, identified as Ajmal Haque, was arrested after the woman lodged a written complaint last month against him.Following the complaint, Bidhannagar East Police launched an investigation and began efforts to trace the accused officer. According to police sources, Haque had earlier secured bail in connection with the case. However, after investigators contacted the Birbhum district police regarding the case, he allegedly went missing.Acting on a tip-off, a police team traced Haque to Mumbai and arrested him on Monday. He was produced before a Mumbai court and subsequently brought to Kolkata on transit remand.Haque is scheduled to be produced before the Bidhannagar Court on Tuesday, where police are expected to seek his custody for further questioning and investigation. WEST BENGAL SI ARRESTED FOR TAKING RS 15,000 BRIBEIn a separate incident, a Sub-Inspector was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 in West Bengal’s Howrah district, an officer said.The accused, Subrata Sarkar, is posted at Bantra Police Station and was allegedly caught accepting the money from a complainant in exchange for not arresting a person accused in a case registered under Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which deals with cruelty by a husband or his relatives towards a woman. The ACB initiated an investigation after receiving a complaint and subsequently laid a trap to catch Sarkar while accepting the alleged bribe.According to the officer, the ACB applied a chemical substance to the currency notes used in the operation. The presence of the chemical was later confirmed when Sarkar’s hands were washed in water, causing it to turn red.The bribe money was recovered from the accused, following which he was taken into custody and legal proceedings were initiated.In a separate operation, the ACB also arrested a middleman, identified as Shahabuddin Mallick, for allegedly procuring blood illegally from a blood bank in Panskura and selling it.Investigators are probing the alleged blood collection and sale network and are also examining the possible involvement of blood bank employees in the racket.- EndsWith agency inputsPublished By: Priyanka KumariPublished On: Aug 18, 2026 16:12 IST