Following the tension and violence in pockets of Kolkata's adjacent Howrah district over the controversial comments on Prophet Muhammad during the last couple of days, the West Bengal government on Saturday removed two top police officials of the district - the Police Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police, Rural.

Police Commissioner C. Sudhakar was removed and sent to Kolkata as Joint Commissioner. Kolkata Police's Additional Commissioner-IV, Praveen Kumar Tripathi, take his place.