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 ...
Oil tanker train of Indian railway |
The kite entangled into the over head equipment (OHE) of railway near Chunabhatti area
By Dheeraj Fartode
Yet another teenager risked his life for catching a kite. The lad climbed atop a stationary oil tanker at Chunabhatti on Sunday afternoon and was plucked by 11,000 volts current. He is identified as Lokesh alias Dadu Sahdeo Choudhary (15), a resident of Chunabhatti and a Standard X student of New English High School, Congress Nagar.
Sub-Inspector of Dhantoli police station Surendra Ahirkar told ‘The Hitavada’ that Lokesh along with friends were enjoying kite festival. Some youths were flying kites and one group was chasing the kites. One of kite flew towards railway line and Lokesh along with his friends chased the kite. The kite entangled into the over head equipment (OHE) of railway near Chunabhatti area. An oil tanker train was waiting at the signal post when Lokesh climbed atop the goods train to remove the kite. He was unaware about the power voltage passing trough the OHE and the moment he sneaked up, the teenager was throw off by the powerful jolt.
He sustained serious injuries and was knocked unconscious. Tense over the incident, friends of Lokesh fled from the spot to their homes and informed others about the mishap. Large number of persons gathered at the spot and someone also informed to police control room. Staff of Ajni police station reached at the spot and rushed Lokesh to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).
PSI Ahirkar said that the boy has sustained grievous burn injuries and battling for life. In previous incident that was reported from Panchpaoli area about a fortnight back when a teenager trying to catch a kite was run over by a train.
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