‘Efficient’ EFR officer no stranger to controversies

“I have not received any complaints against him,” said Singh.

Throughout his career,Chakraborty had a good share of controversies. He had not only been removed from poll duty by the Election Commissionfor partisan approach,he also once tried to assault his senior officer.

Other than that,Chakraborty has been known for being a sincere and an efficient field officer.

“He is a very efficient and able officer. As a senior officer,I could trust and depend on him,” said Rachpal Singh,under whom Chakraborty served as ASP when he was the North 24-Parganas SP. “During a meeting,I was scolding a few OCs under him for deterioration of law and order situation. Chakraborty suddenly lost his cool and tried to hit me. Later,he apologised and we became very good friends,” said Singh.

“But I really do not know why he hid his face. He also violated the rule of conduct by criticising his colleague in public,” he added. The biggest controversy in Chakraborty’s career came in 2004,when he was the SP of Nadia district. Just before the parliamentary elections,Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had gone to Nadia for a series of election campaigns.

During one such campaign,Chakraborty had unofficially met Bhattacharjee at the state guest house in Krishnagar,where had held an hour-long meeting with the chief minister.

This had not gone down well with the Opposition,who alleged that Chakraborty was colluding with the CPM to give the party advantage during the elections. Thereafter,the Election Commission had removed Chakraborty from the poll process.

In another incident,while he was the Barasat ASP in North 24-Parganas,Chakraborty had entered into a brawl with the then SP.

Before joining the EFR,Chakrabroty was the DIG of the Bureau of Immigration. He is a promotee IPS,who has also served as the Special Superintendent of CID.

On one occasion,he had suspended a junior officer,who was late in providing a car to his wife. After the incident was reported in the media,the suspension was revoked.

“He sometimes does things that one would think a thousand times before doing. It was perhaps his tendency for theatrics that he decided to hold the press conference and make direct allegations against the state government,” said a senior IPS officer posted in Kolkata.