Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force to be made into a separate directorate

The Special Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police, headquartered at Lalbazar, will be separated from the city police and made into a separate directorate.

Currently, the STF – which functions to nab functionaries in terror groups, its funding and various ways of operating – tend to spread much beyond the precincts of the city. Thus, a decision was made to form a separate directorate of the STF which would function throughout the state. It will be known as STF, West Bengal.

An inspector-general rank officer will head the SFT with two officers in the rank of deputy inspector general (DIG) and four SPs (superintendent of police).

The order for the new STF will be issued shortly. The STF directorate’s office will be on Ripon Street, Kolkata.