More police personnel under scanner in Bengal passport racket probe

Some Kolkata police personnel and home guards deployed at police stations over the last three years are under the scanner of the detective department of the city police probing the passport racket, of which nine people have been arrested since December 17, officials aware of the investigation said.

Abdul Hai, a sub-inspector posted at the Security Control Organisation (SCO) of the Kolkata Police till his retirement in October 2023, was the last person arrested on January 3. Eight others held earlier are civilians.