EX-TOP COP JOINS TMC

KOLKATA: Senior Indian Police Ser vice (IPS) officer and former Chandannagar Police Commissioner Humayun Kabir joined Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday. Citing some "personal" reasons, Kabir had resigned from his ser vice last month, barely three months before his scheduled retirement. He was replaced by Gaurav Sharma who was joint commissioner (establishment) in the Kolkata Police.

The 2003-batch IPS officer joined the party in the presence of Trinamool supremo Banerjee during a political rally in East Burdwan.