State yet to receive MHA notice on city police chief: Mamata

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said the state government is yet to receive any notice from the Ministry of Home Affairs for taking disciplinary action against Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar for allegedly violating service conduct rules.
The chief secretary or the home secretary will reply to the notice after it was received, she told reporters at the state secretariat.
Banerjee was replying to a query about reports from New Delhi that the MHA has asked the state government to take steps against Kumar for his alleged violation of the All India Service (Conduct) Rules by attending the Trinamool Congress supremo's dharna here.
"No such letter was received till this afternoon. At a meeting to discuss the business summit tomorrow, I asked the chief secretary and home secretary whether they had received any such letter. They said no," Banerjee said.
On how contents of the purported letter found mention in a section of the media, she said, "I don't know."
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First Published: Feb 06 2019 | 9:00 PM IST