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
Shock and sensation prevailed in MIDC Hingna area when the body of Madhukar Sadashiv Rane, a security guard with the Food Corporation of India (FCI), was found lying in a pool of blood oozing from nearly 45 deep stabs, on Thursday.
A resident of plot no 32, Central MIDC road, Rajgruha Nagar, 50-year-old Rane was on night duty on Wednesday. When an FCI worker opened the godown on Thursday morning, he found Madhukar dead and lying in a pool of blood. He called MIDC Police immediately and alerted other officers of Warehousing Corporation about the incident. The cops conducted panchanama and sent the badly mutilated body to Government Medical College and Hospital for post mortem.
Primary investigations revealed that the murder may have taken place between midnight Wednesday and wee hours of Thursday. The death seemed to have occurred after the assailant attacked Madhukar with a sharp weapon. Reason behind this brutal murder could not be ascertained. However, the cops are probing possibilities of a family angle or an intent of theft as reason of the ghastly act.
Madhukar’s wife died seven years ago and he stayed at nephew’s home along with two daughters. His elder daughter studies in Std IX and younger daughter studies in Std IV. Madhukar left home saying that he was going to ware house on duty on Wednesday evening, said his nephew Pravin Devrao Washimkar (31).
The Police registered an offence under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the unidentified accused. Till late evening, no arrest was made in the case. However, cops had rounded up some persons in the case.
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