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I have seen these two flags hanging outdoors together in Kolkata, India.
Roman Kogovsek, 26 June 2005
The venerable "The Statesman" reported on 18 January 2006 that the units of
Kolkata (Calcutta) Police were allotted flags to be used for ceremonies.
"Mr Prasun Mukherjee, commissioner, Kolkata Police, said: “Earlier, the city
police did not have so many units. When the units increased later on, the
individual units used to display flags with colours unofficially decided upon
over the years. Distinct flags have been designed for different units so that
they can be used during ceremonies.”
Following the example of Calcutta Police in 1944, when distinct colours were
allotted to 11 existing units of the city police on the eve of annual sports
that year, distinct flags were given to 26 units today just a day before the
annual sports. Mr Zulfikar Hassan, joint commissioner (Armed Police), said:
“Officers of the different units will wear shirts during the annual sports
bearing the colours of their units. It is not possible to allot individual
colours to 26 units. So, the flag designs for the units have been made by
combining various colours.” "
It is, theoretically possible to get images of the flags: "The first colour
print supplement to the Kolkata Police Gazette carrying images of the new flags
were published today."
Source:
www.thestatesman.net
Ivan Sache, 20 January 2005