Inspector asked to explain Nicole's escape

Senior CID officers have reportedly asked inspector Ardhendu Sekhar Pahari to clarify how Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha leader Nicole Tamang fled from CID custody in August this year. Nicole, a GJM central committee member, is one of the prime accused in ABGL president Madan Tamang's murder. District police had nabbed Nicole from his native village but he escape from Pintail village, near Siliguri, while inthe custody of a CID team led by Pahari. A sub-inspector was suspended fornegligence of duty. After a departmental inquiry found Pahari responsible, PNirajnayan, IG CID (I), showcaused Pahari and initiated a departmental probeagainst him.1 booked for eve-teasing: A 30-year-old motor mechanicwas caught trying to take photographs of some women commuters on the Metro onSaturday afternoon. When passengers noticed Ganesh Rao of Marquis Street takingsnaps with his cellphone, they handed him over to RPF at Netaji Bhawan. Rao wastaken to Bhowanipore police station and booked for eve-teasing.Manheld for cheating: Police arrested Sujit Ghosh of New Alipore for cheating asouth Kolkata businessman on Friday night. Cops said Ghosh allegedly assuredMahesh Singhania of arranging a Rs-10 crore loan, against which he took Rs 25lakh as commission. When Ghosh could not arrange the loan and also refused torefund the money, Singhania lodged a complaint with police.Youthfound murdered: A 25-year-old youth was reportedly found murdered near Bhushansteel plant at Serampore in Hooghly on Saturday evening. Police said the victim,Soumen Ghosh of Domjur, had been missing from his residence since Wednesday.Probe revealed Ghosh had gone to his girlfriend's house in Bhadreswar that veryday and left at night on his bike. Police suspect the affair mighthave something to do with the murder.6 detained in Barasat: Police detained Debalina Chakraborty and Jayeeta Das of Matangini Mahila Samity along with four members of student organisation, USDF, in Barasat police station till late on Saturday night. While cops said locals had turned violentagainst the mass oganisation members, the six alleged they were beaten up by CPMmembers when they had gone to colleague Rumpa Roy's house. Earlier, CID hadclaimed that Debolina was a member of CPI (Maoist) but never arrested her.Jharkhand Party man shot: Suspected Maoists shot a Jharkhand Partysupporter at Jhargram in West Midnapore late on Saturday. Police said thebullet-riddled body of Biswajit Mahato, 45, a resident of Jitushole village, wasfound in Kalaboni forest, around 5 km from Jhargram town. Mahato, who owned aneatery in front of the local sponge iron factory, had been branded a policeinformer by Maoists.