West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari presided over an MoU signing at Nabanna, Howrah on 13 November 2026, marking a formal commitment to overhaul beat level policing across the state. (Photo: NationPress)
State Director General of Police S. N. Gupta and Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) Director General Alok Mittal signed the MoU at Nabanna on 13 November 2026, witnessed by Chief Minister Adhikari. (Photo: NationPress)
The MoU sets out a one year action plan specifically designed to strengthen beat level policing in West Bengal, with the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) providing technical and research support. (Photo: NationPress)
The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), under Director General Alok Mittal, will partner West Bengal Police to implement grassroots beat level reforms over a one year roadmap from November 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
The signing ceremony took place at Nabanna, the West Bengal government secretariat in Howrah, on Friday, 13 November 2026, with senior officials from the state police and the Centre's BPR&D both in attendance. (Photo: NationPress)
The MoU between West Bengal Police and BPR&D, signed on 13 November 2026, aims to bring more visible, community level policing to neighbourhoods across the state — with beat officers expected to play a more structured frontline role under the plan. (Photo: NationPress)