North Port Police Station is a police station located in 67/3, Strand Bank Road, Kolkata-700001, Kolkata, Kolkata district, West Bengal (PIN: 700001). The listed contact number is 033-2243-1183.Source: Kolkata Police / wbxpress.com · Last checked: 2026-09-12.
Police stations in Kolkata operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They handle emergency response, FIR registration, NC reports, lost property, and more.
North Port Police Station is a local police station serving the 67/3, Strand Bank Road, Kolkata-700001 area of Kolkata in Kolkata district, West Bengal. It falls within PIN code 700001. Like every police station in India it operates twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year, including public holidays.
North Port Police Station is commanded by a Station House Officer, normally an Inspector in an urban posting such as Kolkata and a Sub-Inspector in smaller towns. Both ranks can register an FIR, so you do not need to wait for a particular officer to be on duty before a cognizable offence is recorded.
Because Kolkata district covers both dense residential pockets and commercial stretches, the mix of work reaching North Port Police Station ranges from property offences and vehicle theft to verification paperwork and neighbour disputes.
The listed landline for North Port Police Station is 033-2243-1183. Use it for non-urgent enquiries — to confirm the station is handling your matter, to ask which documents to bring, or to check whether a particular officer is on duty. Station landlines are not staffed the way an emergency line is, so for anything urgent dial 100 or 112 instead, which routes you to a control room that can dispatch the nearest available unit.
Every service described below is provided free of charge. No officer at North Port Police Station or anywhere else is entitled to charge you a fee for registering a complaint, recording a lost-property report, issuing your copy of an FIR or NC, or carrying out address verification.
What you can do here
Services Available at North Port Police Station
A police station handles a far wider range of everyday civic work than most people expect. These are the services North Port Police Station provides to residents of Kolkata and the surrounding Kolkata area.
Registering an FIR
For any cognizable offence — theft, burglary, assault, fraud, criminal intimidation — North Port Police Station must register a First Information Report under Section 173 BNSS. You are entitled to a free copy before you leave.
Filing an NC
Non-cognizable matters and lost property are recorded as an NC entry. This is what residents of Kolkata most often need when a phone, wallet, passport or set of vehicle documents goes missing.
Women's helpdesk
North Port Police Station is required to run a women's helpdesk, and a statement about a sexual offence must be recorded by a woman officer — at a place of the survivor's choosing, including her own home.
Passport & address verification
Passport applications from PIN 700001 are routed here for verification. The beat constable will visit your address, so keep photo ID, a utility bill and any rental agreement ready.
Tenant & staff verification
Landlords in Kolkata can submit tenant verification here, as can households engaging drivers, domestic workers or security staff. The service is free.
Cybercrime complaints
Online fraud can be reported at North Port Police Station regardless of where the offender is located. Call 1930 first — the freeze window on transferred funds is measured in minutes, not days.
Lost & found reports
Lost documents and belongings are logged and a report issued. Banks, insurers, the RTO and the passport office all require this copy before issuing any duplicate.
Traffic & accident reports
Road accidents within the Kolkata jurisdiction are recorded here. For an accident in progress call 112 first — the control room dispatches both police and ambulance.
Senior citizen assistance
Most state forces maintain a senior-citizen register and conduct welfare visits. Elderly residents living alone near Kolkata can ask to be added at the front desk.
Before you go
Visiting North Port Police Station: What to Expect
Getting there. The station is located at 67/3, Strand Bank Road, Kolkata-700001. Exact coordinates are not yet in our index, so search for the station by name in your maps application before setting out.
When to go. North Port Police Station is open around the clock, but it is not equally busy around the clock. Mid-morning, roughly between ten and one, is the peak for walk-in complaints and verification queries. If your matter is not urgent, arriving early in the morning or in the late afternoon usually means a shorter wait and an officer with more time to hear you properly.
Who you will meet. Your first contact is the duty officer at the front desk. Explain your matter briefly and they will direct you — to the writer for a report, to the women's helpdesk, or to the SHO for something more serious. If you are unsure whom you need, always start at the front desk rather than wandering the building.
How long it takes. A straightforward lost-property NC generally takes fifteen to thirty minutes. An FIR takes longer, because the officer must record your statement in full and read it back to you. Verification paperwork is usually submitted in a few minutes, with the actual field visit following days later.
Language. You are entitled to have your statement recorded in a language you understand, and to have it read back to you before you sign. Never sign a statement you have not understood, and never sign a blank sheet.
What to carry with you
A government photo ID — Aadhaar, driving licence, voter card or passport
Any documents relating to your matter: bills, receipts, agreements, prescriptions
Photographs or screenshots, with the originals kept on your device
Names and phone numbers of any witnesses
A written summary of what happened, with dates and times, so nothing is forgotten
A pen — and a second copy of anything you are handing over
Do not travel here in an emergency
If a crime is in progress, someone is injured, or you are in immediate danger, calling is always faster than travelling. The control room can dispatch whichever unit is closest to you, which may not be North Port Police Station.
Other Police Stations Near North Port Police Station
If North Port Police Station is not the right jurisdiction for your matter, or you simply need a station closer to where you are right now, these other stations serve Kolkata and the surrounding area. Remember that under Zero FIR any of them must record a cognizable complaint regardless of where the offence took place.
NC stands for Non-Cognizable, and it is the most misunderstood term people meet at a police station. An NC is a formal register entry recording that you reported something — for an offence where police cannot investigate or arrest without a magistrate's permission.
The distinction turns on the seriousness of the offence, not on how upset you are. Minor assault without injury, public nuisance, defamation, simple trespass and most neighbour disputes are non-cognizable. Because the power to arrest is a serious intrusion, the law reserves it for graver crimes.
In practice most NCs filed in Kolkata are not disputes at all — they are lost property. The copy you receive is what your insurer, bank, the RTO or the passport office will demand before issuing a duplicate. Our lost and found guide covers what to do for each document type.
If a station says your matter is “only an NC” but you believe a cognizable offence occurred, say so politely and ask for the refusal in writing. You can then escalate to the Superintendent of Police, or apply to a magistrate under Section 175(3) BNSS.
Commonly filed as an NC in Kolkata
Lost academic certificates or mark sheets
Address or character verification for an employer
A pre-emptive record before a dispute escalates
Missing vehicle registration or insurance papers
Misplaced government ration or pension documents
The three routes a complaint can take. Which applies depends on the offence, not on which station you walk into.
Comparison of FIR and NC
Aspect
FIR (Cognizable)
NC (Non-Cognizable)
Court permission needed
No
Yes
Governing provision
Sec. 173 BNSS
Sec. 174 BNSS
Can police refuse?
No, for a cognizable offence
They must still record the entry
Typical offences
Theft, assault, burglary, fraud, kidnapping
Lost property, nuisance, minor disputes, defamation
Arrest without warrant
Permitted
Not permitted
Goes to court as
Chargesheet or closure report
Only if a magistrate orders inquiry
First Information Report
Filing an FIR at North Port Police Station: What Actually Happens
The decision the duty officer makes when you report something — and the escalation path if a cognizable offence is refused.
The First Information Report is the hinge on which any criminal case turns. It is recorded under Section 173 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, which replaced Section 154 of the old Code of Criminal Procedure. Until an FIR exists the police have no legal basis to investigate, arrest, or seize evidence.
The test is whether the offence is cognizable: serious enough to justify arrest without a warrant. Theft, burglary, assault causing hurt, kidnapping, rioting and murder all qualify. For anything less serious a station such as North Port Police Station records a Non-Cognizable entry instead.
You need no lawyer, no stamp paper, no written application and no fee. Walk in, tell the duty officer what happened, and they must write it down, read it back to you in a language you understand, and take your signature or thumb impression.
The one thing never to skip is your free copy. Section 173(2) BNSS entitles every informant to a copy at no cost — anyone asking you to pay is acting unlawfully. Note the FIR number, the date and the recording officer's name; you will need all three for insurance, for court, and for every follow-up. If a station refuses outright, our complaint guide sets out the escalation route to the SP and then to a magistrate.
Language rights
Your statement must be recorded in a language you understand and read back before you sign. Ask for this — it is not optional.
If the accused is unknown
An FIR does not require you to name anyone. 'Unknown persons' is perfectly normal and does not weaken your complaint.
Getting updates
Under the 2023 codes you are entitled to a progress update within ninety days. Most state portals also allow status lookup by FIR number.
What to state
Date, time and exact place, what was done and by whom, the value of anything lost, and any injury caused.
Which station is mine?
What Is Zero FIR, and When Should I Use It?
Jurisdiction decides which station investigates. Zero FIR decides where you may walk in — and the answer is anywhere.
Every police station in Kolkata is assigned a defined geographical area — its jurisdiction. As a rule the station covering the place where the incident happened is the one that investigates, not the station nearest your home.
It is the commonest reason people are sent away from a station and give up. A bag stolen on a train belongs to the Government Railway Police for that section of track. A car broken into in a mall car park belongs to the station covering the mall, even if you live thirty kilometres away. Online fraud follows where the loss occurred — generally wherever you are in Kolkata.
Zero FIR removes the burden of working this out. Introduced after the Justice Verma Committee, it lets you register an FIR at any station regardless of jurisdiction. The station numbers it zero, records the complaint in full, takes urgent action such as a medical examination, then transfers the file onward.
A station refusing a Zero FIR is not exercising discretion — it is committing an offence under Section 199 BNS, and for sexual offences that carries up to two years. The practical takeaway: in an emergency go to whichever station you can reach fastest. Sorting out jurisdiction is the police's job, not yours.
Digital crime
How Do I Report Online Fraud in Kolkata?
Why the first sixty minutes matter more than anything you do afterwards.
Of everything reported to police in Kolkata, online fraud grows fastest and punishes delay hardest. Money leaving your account passes through mule accounts within minutes. Once withdrawn as cash or converted to crypto, recovery is close to impossible.
That is why 1930 exists. Run under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, it plugs into the system that can send a freeze instruction to the receiving bank in near real time. That window is the golden hour.
Call 1930 first — before your bank, before posting about it, before going to a station. Have the transaction ID, amount, time and your account number ready. Follow with a written complaint at cybercrime.gov.in, which returns a trackable acknowledgement number.
You may also report at any station including North Port Police Station. None may refuse for want of a cyber cell or because the offender is in another state — the loss occurred where you are. Our cybercrime reporting guide walks through the evidence to preserve.
Investment fraud
Trading and crypto groups promising guaranteed returns, usually run through messaging apps.
Fake customer care
Search-engine results leading to spoofed helpline numbers that talk you into screen-sharing.
Job and task scams
Small payments for 'tasks' that build trust before a large deposit is demanded and vanishes.
Digital arrest scam
Callers posing as police, CBI or customs claiming you are implicated and demanding money. No agency works this way.
Inside the station
What Actually Happens Inside a Police Station?
A typical station layout. Smaller rural stations combine several functions into one room, but every one of them exists somewhere.
A police station is not one undifferentiated room. Knowing which desk does what gets you to the right person faster.
The front desk is staffed continuously, including at night and on holidays. The duty officer there is your first contact for everything. If unsure whom to see, start here.
The writer or record room keeps the registers: FIR, NC, the general diary logging every event of the day, and the roznamcha recording officers' movements. Your free copy is produced here.
The malkhana is the secured store for seized and recovered property — where anything of yours sits until a court orders its release on superdari. The lock-up holds people in custody, never beyond twenty-four hours without a magistrate, never women overnight without a woman constable, and never a juvenile.
Most stations are busiest between ten and one. If your matter is not urgent, arriving early or late afternoon means a shorter wait — or skip the trip and check which station is actually closest to you first.
Other common matters
Road Accidents, Missing People and Lost Documents — Who Do I Call?
Lost and found
Many urban forces now accept lost-article reports online and email a downloadable certificate — worth checking before travelling to a station.
Lost documents and belongings are recorded as an NC, and that copy is what banks, insurers, the RTO and passport authorities require before issuing duplicates.
If the person is under eighteen, police must register an FIR at once on the presumption of kidnapping and upload details to TrackChild.
There is no waiting period. The twenty-four hour rule is a myth with no basis in law, and the Supreme Court has directed that reports be registered immediately.
Challans are largely electronic now. Check and contest them through your state transport portal or Parivahan. A disputed challan goes before a traffic magistrate, not the issuing officer.
For a hit-and-run, note whatever registration you can, look for nearby CCTV or dashcam footage, and register an FIR the same day.
Do I Need to Visit a Station for Passport Verification?
The same five-step chain covers passport, tenant, employment and character verification — only the initiating authority changes.
Most people's only contact with a police station has nothing to do with crime. It is verification — the background check behind a passport, a tenancy, a job or a licence. Knowing how it runs in Kolkata will save you weeks. Our guide to contacting the police covers what to prepare for each type.
Tenant verification
A landlord's legal obligation in most states. Requires the tenant's photo ID, previous address and employer details, and protects the landlord from later liability.
Arms licence verification
A far deeper check involving neighbourhood enquiry, medical fitness and references. Expect several weeks.
Event and protest permission
Public gatherings, processions and loudspeaker use need prior permission from the local station or DCP office.
Police Clearance Certificate
States you have no adverse record — required by most immigration authorities. Apply via Passport Seva, not the station directly.
Verification is a free government service. No officer may charge for visiting your address or issuing a report. If asked for money, report it to the state Anti-Corruption Bureau or Vigilance Commission — see our sources and methodology.
Know before you go
What Are My Rights at North Port Police Station?
If any of these is denied, note the officer's name and buckle number and complain to the SP, the State Human Rights Commission, or your state's Police Complaints Authority.
Nothing about being inside a police station reduces the Constitution's protection. Articles 20 and 21, reinforced by the Supreme Court in D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal (1997), protect every person in India — complainant, witness or arrested person alike, and whether you are at North Port Police Station or anywhere else.
On arrest the officer must state the grounds, wear visible identification of name and rank, and prepare an arrest memo attested by a family member or a respectable local person, recording the time and place. You may have one friend or relative informed.
You must be produced before a magistrate within twenty-four hours excluding travel. Custody beyond that needs judicial authorisation. You may meet a lawyer of your choice during interrogation, and receive a medical examination every forty-eight hours.
Women cannot be arrested before sunrise or after sunset without a magistrate's prior written permission, and any arrest or search of a woman must be by a woman officer — see our women's safety guide. Anyone under eighteen goes before the Juvenile Justice Board, never an ordinary lock-up.
As a complainant, Section 179 BNSS matters too: a woman, anyone under fifteen or over sixty, and anyone with a disability or acute illness cannot be compelled to attend a station outside their district. In those cases the police must come to you.
Avoid these
Mistakes That Cost People Their Case
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Leaving without your free copy
Both an FIR and an NC entitle you to a copy at no cost. Without it you cannot claim insurance, apply for duplicates, or prove you reported anything.
2
Not noting the officer's details
Record the name, rank and buckle number of whoever handles your matter. Every escalation route asks for it.
3
Deleting the evidence
Screenshots, chat logs, call records and emails are evidence. Embarrassment is not a reason to destroy your own case.
4
Paying for a free service
FIRs, NCs, copies and verification are all free. Any demand for money is itself reportable to the Anti-Corruption Bureau.
5
Waiting to 'gather more proof'
You do not need a complete case to report. Police have investigative powers you do not — delay only loses evidence.
6
Signing something you have not read
Never sign a blank sheet or a statement not read back to you in a language you understand. You are entitled to both.
None of this is legal advice. For a matter already in court, or a serious allegation against you, speak to a qualified advocate. Free legal aid is available to every woman, every child and anyone below the income threshold through the District Legal Services Authority — start with our help guides.
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North Port Police Station: Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about visiting, contacting and filing complaints at North Port Police Station in Kolkata.
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What is the phone number of North Port Police Station?
The listed telephone number for North Port Police Station is 033-2243-1183. Use it for non-urgent enquiries — confirming the station handles your matter, checking which documents to bring, or asking whether a particular officer is on duty. In an emergency dial 100 or 112 instead, which reaches the West Bengal control room and can dispatch the nearest unit.
North Port Police Station is located at 67/3, Strand Bank Road, Kolkata-700001 in Kolkata, Kolkata district, West Bengal, PIN code 700001. The map on this page gives turn-by-turn directions from wherever you are.
What are the opening hours of North Port Police Station?
North Port Police Station is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, including public holidays, with a duty officer always at the front desk. It is busiest between roughly 10am and 1pm, so for anything non-urgent an early-morning or late-afternoon visit usually means a shorter wait.
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Can I file an FIR at North Port Police Station?
Yes. North Port Police Station must register a First Information Report for any cognizable offence under Section 173 BNSS and cannot refuse. You are entitled to a free copy before you leave. Under Zero FIR the station must also record your complaint even if the offence occurred elsewhere, then transfer the file to the correct jurisdiction.
Visit North Port Police Station and tell the duty officer what happened. For a non-cognizable matter — most often lost property such as a phone, wallet, passport or vehicle documents — the station records an NC entry and gives you a free copy. That copy is what your bank, insurer, the RTO or the passport office will ask for before issuing a duplicate.
North Port Police Station serves the 67/3, Strand Bank Road, Kolkata-700001 area of Kolkata in Kolkata district. Jurisdiction boundaries are set by the West Bengal Police and can be redrawn, so call the station to confirm your address falls under it before travelling.
Can I report a road accident to North Port Police Station?
Yes, for accidents within the Kolkata jurisdiction. But if an accident is unfolding, call 112 first — the control room dispatches police and ambulance together and reaches you faster than travelling to a station. Indian law protects good-faith rescuers, and no hospital may refuse emergency treatment or demand payment first.
How far is North Port Police Station from my location?
Use the Find Near Me tool to measure the distance from where you are standing to this and every other indexed station, sorted nearest first. Bear in mind that the straight-line distance shown is always shorter than the actual road route.
Can I get passport verification done at North Port Police Station?
If your address falls under this jurisdiction, yes — passport applications from PIN code 700001 are routed here automatically once you apply at a Passport Seva Kendra. A beat constable visits your address, so keep Aadhaar, a utility bill and any rental agreement ready.
Can I report cybercrime or online fraud at North Port Police Station?
Yes, and North Port Police Station cannot refuse on the grounds that the offender is elsewhere — jurisdiction follows where the loss occurred. For financial fraud call 1930 before visiting: it connects to the system that can freeze the receiving account, and that window is measured in minutes.
How do I report a lost phone to North Port Police Station?
File an NC at the station and keep the copy — your insurer and network operator will both want it. Also file on the CEIR portal, which blocks the handset by IMEI across every Indian network and continues tracing it even if the thief changes the SIM.
The Station House Officer is the Inspector or Sub-Inspector currently in command, and the posting changes periodically with transfers, so we do not publish individual officer names. Ask at the front desk, or call ahead. Both an Inspector and a Sub-Inspector can register an FIR, so you need not wait for a specific officer.
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What should I carry when visiting North Port Police Station?
Bring a government photo ID such as Aadhaar, a driving licence or passport, plus anything relating to your matter — bills, receipts, agreements, photographs or screenshots — and the contact details of any witnesses. A short written summary with dates and times makes the visit noticeably faster.
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Can I report a missing person at North Port Police Station?
Yes, and immediately — there is no twenty-four hour waiting period, despite the persistent myth. If the missing person is under eighteen, North Port Police Station must register an FIR straight away on the presumption of kidnapping and upload details to the TrackChild portal. Bring a recent photograph and a description of clothing.