West Bengal Police has deployed 18 IPS officers to supervise Durga idol immersions in Kolkata and three neighbouring police commissionerates following the Chorbagan pandal stampede that claimed 19 lives, a senior official said on Wednesday.
18 IPS officers assigned to immersion duty
Of the 18 officers, 12 have been assigned to Kolkata, while six others will oversee immersions in neighbouring Howrah, Barrackpore and Chandannagar commissionerates, he said.
"The IPS officers would supervise immersion activities from Wednesday to October 24. Duty schedules have been drawn up individually for the officers," he said.
Officers divided across four police jurisdictions
In Kolkata Police area, IPS officers Gaurav Sharma, Soma Das Mitra, Rashid Munir Khan, Akash Magharia, Suresh Kumar Chadive and Dhritiman Sarkar will supervise immersions on October 21 and 23, he said.
Officers Praveen Kumar Tripathi, Imran Wahab, Shish Ram Jhajharia, Soumya Roy, Parijat Biswas and Siddhartha Dhapola will be on immersion duty in the city on October 22 and 24.
Arrangements in neighbouring commissionerates
In Howrah Police district, Indra Chakraborty will oversee immersions on October 21 and 23, while Avaru Ravindranath will be on duty on October 22 and 24.
Palash Chandra Dhali and Dyutiman Bhattacharya have been assigned to Barrackpore, while Abhijit Banerjee and Sandeep Mandal will oversee the immersion process in Chandannagar.