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 ...
Courage and chivalry shown by bus passengers foiled an audacious robbery bid in a running bus right in front of Central Prison by a group of robbers on Sunday. The robbers were trying to overpower bus driver on Wardha road, behind Central Jail under the jurisdiction of Dhantoli Police station. Accused were identified as Suraj Wasudeo Dhurve (18), a resident of Pandharabodi and two others, who succeeded to flee from spot.
A bus of ‘Savera’ travels (MH-40/Y-2115) was heading towards Wardha from Rahate colony square at 1.50 pm. Three scooty borne youths came from behind and blocked the bus right in front of Central jail gate. Two of them forcefully entered inside the bus and threatened bus driver Ravindra Kisanrao Kamble (34), a resident of Savangi Meghe, Wardha, with sharp edged weapons. One accused forcefully snatched Cash of Rs 1,000 and a mobile of Kamble. When the robbers abused driver, the driver promptly caught hand of Dhurve.
Meanwhile, attentive passengers also arrived at the scene and caught the accused. The passengers bashed up the accused. Rattled by this courage shown by passengers, other accused chose to beat a hasty retreat and they fled on the scooty. The passengers then took the accused to Dhantoli police station. Dhantoli police have registered a case under sections 341, 394, 294 and 34 of IPC. Sub-Inspector Vinod Kadlag and Head Constable Arvind Chavan made arrest. Other accused are likely to be arrested soon.
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