The State Home Department in Maharashtra is gearing up for a significant overhaul of its top police leadership, including the position of Director General of Police (DGP) and Police Commissioners of Nagpur and Thane. The impending retirement of the current DGP, Rajnish Seth, on December 31 has prompted the department to commence the process of selecting his successor.A top rank official said that several prominent names have emerged as contenders for the esteemed position of State DGP. The frontrunner is Senior IPS Officer Rashmi Shukla, who currently serves as the Director General (DG) of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar is also a strong candidate for the role. Other notable contenders include Thane CP Jaijeet Singh, DG ATS Sadanand Date, DG Police Housing Sandeep Bishnoi, DG Railway Pradnya Sarvade, Additional Director of NIA Atulchandra Kulkarni, and DG State Security Corporation Bipin Kumar Singh, he said. He further stated that the State Home ...
Four youngsters sustained injuries as speeding car they were travelling in hit road-divider, took a 10-feet high jump into air, and turned turtle when overtaking bid by car driver went wrong near Mate Square on Saturday late night. The injured youngsters fled the spot leaving the damaged car behind.
According to eye-witnesses, a Hyundai i-20 car (MH-40/KR-9002) was coming from Rana Pratap Nagar Square with speed exceeding 100 km/hr. The driver tried to overtake an Indica car. The driver tried to over-take Indica through a small gap between road-divider and Indica. However, during the risky move, the driver lost balance and hit road-divider. In panic, driver applied brakes immediately. As a result, the i-20 car jumped 10-feet high into air, turned turtle, and skid before coming to a stop at a distance of 50-feet from the spot where it had hit road-divider.
Soon, residents of the area gathered at the spot. “We heard a loud bang,” said a resident. There were four youths in the car that turned turtle. Everyone was injured but one of them sustained serious injuries in the mishap. However, all of them fled the spot after mishap, a resident added. Staff of Rana Pratap Nagar police station arrived at the spot.
The police said that the car was owned by Mamtaz Siddiqui, a resident of Kamptee. Following the accident, a large number of onlookers gathered at the spot and traffic between Mate Square and Rana Pratap Nagar Square was thrown out of gear for some time. Till filing of the report, the cops were busy recording statements of eye-witnesses.
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