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 ...
IN A case of ‘instant justice,’ an irate mob of villagers and factory workers lynched a drunk driver after his speeding truck crushed a school boy to death and seriously injured two other children on Wardha bypass near MIDC Butibori on Thursday evening. After attempting to to set afire the ‘killer’ truck, hundreds of villagers and factory workers blocked the highway for more than two hours.
Akshay Charandas Dhore (15), a resident of Ganeshpur, died instanteously after he was run over by the truck (MH-40/N-1872). Rahul Ashok Dehriya (14), also a resident of Ganeshpur, and Tabassum Iqbal Khan (15), a resident of MIDC, Butibori, who were returning with Akshay from Nistane High School, were seriously injured. The injured children were rushed to Maya Hospital. As their condition started deteriorating, they were admitted to Shree Hospital in the city.
Soon after the mishap, villagers and factory workers blocked the truck a few metres from the accident spot. They pulled out drunk driver Vinayak Daduji Shendre (40) from the cabin of the truck and lynched him. However, the mob did not touch the cleaner. The villagers then made futile attempt to torch the truck. Soon after the staff from Bori Police Station visited the spot, hundreds of villagers blocked the highway for more than two hours.
Superintendent of Police Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma and Additional Superintendent of Police Prakash Jadhav visited the spot. As the situation was out of control, they summoned Quick Response Team (QRT) and additional force from Nagpur (Rural) Police Headquarters. Anti-riot Unit was also deployed. After Dr Sharma and Jadhav assured the villagers that police would conduct an impartial probe into the incident, they called off the ‘Rasta Roko’ agitation.
Superintendent of Police Dr Dharma told ‘The Hitavada’ that that truck driver Vinayak Shendre of Ruikhairi, who was lynched by the mob, was driving in an inebriated condition. “Investigations are underway and Bori Police will book all those involved in lynching the truck driver. The highway is now cleared and situation in the area is returning to normal,” he added.
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