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 ...
By Dheeraj Fartode
Crime branch sleuths on Sunday busted a gang of thieves involved in robbing an elderly woman- Shashikala Jaiswal, in Sonegaon to the tune of Rs 15 lakh including gold and cash.
Accused have been identified as Vishal Madanlal Ramteke (22), Samyak Dhnyaneshwar Gajbhiye (26), Vikas alias Vickey Mohan Rahangadhale (26), Rajesh Itwari Shahu (23), and one juvenile delinquent.
Police said that accused Vickey was driver with Jaiswal and had left job five moths ago. They got the clue when Rana Pratap Nagar police reported that said Vickey was caught by them in a vehicle theft. Crime branch conducted a raid at the residence of Vickey and nabbed him. Police said that the accused spilled the beans during interrogation and admitted about his involvement in the robbery which occurred on December 17 at Sonegaon.
It is learnt that Vickey with other four culprits had made plan to rob Shashikala Jaiswal. Three youths opened the door and entered the house. As the elderly lady was all alone at the residence, they pushed her and barged inside the bedroom where valuable were kept. Wasting no time the youths put a sticker on her mouth and tied her hands with white coloured strips. Jaiswal was frightened and couldn’t resist as the robbers threatened her with dire consequences and put her on knife-point. They had forcibly snatched keys from her and fled with 25 tola gold ornaments and Rs 4 lakh cash.
The arrest was done under the guidance of senior PI Madhav Giri. API Kadam, Anup Shahu, Rajesh Thakur, Dharmendra Sarode, Mangesh Deshmukh, Pramod Thakur and others participated in the action.
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