IGP Chandra Kishore Mina By Dheeraj Fartode Chandra Kishore Mina, an IPS officer of the 2006 batch, has been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service. Currently serving as Special Inspector General of Police (IGP) for the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Mina has held several important positions in Nagpur and the Vidarbha region. While serving as ASP in Gadchiroli, Mina led a successful anti-Naxal operation in 2009, which resulted in the Petha encounter, weakening the Naxal movement. This operation earned him the DG Insignia. As SP in Akola and Nanded, Mina used innovative methods to maintain communal harmony and resolve tensions effectively. He uncovered a state-wide kidney transplant racket in Akola and, as DCP in Nagpur, dismantled organized crime syndicates through MCOCA and MPDA cases. In Nanded, Mina detected a recruitment scam that affected the entire state. His technological skills were evident when he implemented the court monitoring system in Akola. As DCP in M...
Police Nakabandi City police bosses took a review of the security arrangements for the new year eve and has instructed the staff to keep a tight vigil on the streets. Special arrangements will be in place at Futala lake side and on West High Court, the hot spots for the new year revellers. To ensure that road romeos do not spoil the party, city police have decided to enforce nakabandi on the popular streets. The policemen would be on street from 6 pm to 6 am, ensuring that they are on spot to tackle any eventuality. Field units have been told to crackdown on rash driving, especially on drunken driving. Every police station has carved out special force for deployment in their jurisdiction that are frequented by revellers. Charlie Commandos and crack teams would patrol on city street throughout the night, informed a senior police officer. Joint Commissioner of Police, Sanjay Saxena told ‘The Hitavada’ that leaves of all the policemen were cancelled and around 4,000 police ...