The restoration of general sanction would enable the CBI investigations into offences by central government employees, central public sector undertakings (CPSUs), as well as private persons across West Bengal, without prior case-by-case approval.
Alraji is accused of involvement in the murder of BJP worker Rathibala Adhikari at the Sonachura Gram Panchayat area’s Mansa Bazaar ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has directed the West Bengal Police under DGP Siddh Nath Gupta to review and probe all complaints of arson, vandalism, and damage to public property, particularly railway assets, during the 2019 protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Before WBSBCL came into existence, wholesale distribution was largely handled by private license holders operating under the Bengal Excise Act of 1909.