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 ...
On eve of winter session of state legislature here, city police machinery faced its acid test when hundreds of Shetkari Sanghatna ran past police blockade to meet Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. The farmers were insisting on meeting Chief Minister while the cops got instruction to hold back the protesters who were staging sit-in at RBI Quarters Square. The bandobast duty team dutifully put around barricades.
The agitating farmers defied police bandobast and ran past till Ladies Club while the cops chased them in a bid to rein them. Not wanting to use force, the cops had a hard time controlling the angry farmers. Earlier, farmers from Vidarbha and Marathwada region gathered at RBI Quarters Square and launched a sit-in protest. The agitation was led by former MLA Wamanrao Chatap, Ravi Dewang, Ram Newale, Sheila Deshpande, Saroj Kashikar, Jagdish Nana Bonde and Gunwant Patil Hangargekar.
The agitators lost cool after the police officers conveyed the message that Chief Minister is busy and cannot meet them right now. The angry farmers got carried away and removed police barricade and run towards Ramgiri. Cops, deployed in bandobast, attempted to stop the march but, it in vein. The farmers also tried to storm into MLA Hostel but cops foiled the bid.
The marching farmers then moved towards Ahimsa Square as police personnel tried to put them inside wooden barricades. But full of energy the farmers managed to dodge past cops and ran towards Ramgiri road. After getting information, senior officers with around 200 policemen quickly put in place second line of defence. So the farmers though successful in escaping the first dragnet could not move past the Ladies Club Square. Not that farmers were tired, some among them still tried to wrestle with policemen. But a tactful handling by cops put in place the farmers at Ladies Club Square.
Senior officers including Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone I) Kailash Kanse and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Pratap Dharamshi rushed to the spot and talked to farmers leaders. The agitating farmers cooled down after senior officers gave an assurance to arrange an meeting with Chief Minister. A delegation of 17 members of Shetkari Sanghatana later called on Prithviraj Chavan at Ramgiri and submitted him a memorandum at 8 pm.
Riot Control Police (RCP) and Quick Response Team (QRT) were deployed to evade any untoward incident.
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