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
Acting tough against the chain snatchers, the city police on Monday booked Sachin Peshve and five others, involved in 14 incidents of chain snatching in different parts of city, under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). Commissioner of Police Dr Ankush Dhanvijay had promised to book the chain snatchers under MCOCA for spreading terror among women and morning walkers and zooming past with their gold chains or Mangalasutra.
Keeping a close watch on gang of accused, Hudkeshwar police nabbed Peshve, a resident of Bajrang Nagar, lane no 11, Manewada road and his associates, when they were about to strike. The gang confessed to various incidents of chain-snatching and cops recovered a huge cache of gold chains from them. Hudkeshwar police has registered offence under sections 393, 411,413 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code against them and also conducted a raid at the premises of Bharat alias Bunty Galbale, a resident of Besa, who purchased the stolen goods.
The cops have also booked Bunty Galbale under section 3 of MCOCA for helping the gang in disposal of stolen gold chains and mangalsutra. ACP (Ajni) and Senior PI of Hudkeshwar Police Station are investing the matter under the guidance of DCP Zone IV.
Dr Dhanvijay has directed all police stations to keep a close vigil on chain snatchers and slap MCOCA against them. Every police officer has been directed to intensify patrolling, combing, nakabandi, verification of habitual offenders so as to bring down street crimes.
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