Lalbazar launched this year's first Safe Drive Save Life campaign on Tuesday, with Verma flagging off the event near Alipore Zoo. "When I was DC Traffic back in 2007-08, we had over 400 deaths.

It was recaptured in Bankura district of West Bengal and brought back to Similipal after a health check-up at Alipore Zoo in Kolkata, early morning on January 1 this year.

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