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 ...
- Scorpio was in great speed and the driver failed to control the vehicle
By Dheeraj Fartode
Tension prevailed on Wardha road after a rashly driven Scorpio knocked dead a teenager near Chinchbhuvan under the jurisdiction of Sonegaon police station on Sunday night. Following the mishap, people gathered on the spot, vandalised the four wheeler and torched tyres and blocked the road in protest. Traffic on stretch of national highway no. 7 on Wardha road was brought to halt for an hour.
Police said that Vinay Satish Kale (16), a resident of Chinchbhuvan, was crossing the road on his bicycle when the tragedy stuck. A rashly driven Scorpio car (MH-31/C-5246) came from Nagpur and hit Vinay. Police added that the Scorpio was in great speed and the driver failed to control the vehicle. Vinay sustained grievous head injuries in the mishap as he was dragged for nearly 50 feets and died on the spot. Eye-witnesses informed that despite hitting the minor the accused driver couldn’t control the speed limit and dragged him to few feet away, causing his death. Vinay had gone to meet his friend staying nearby, said the police.
Following the mishap people gathered to the spot and smashed windscreen of the vehicle. However driver of the vehicle managed to flee from the spot. Some youths torched tyres of the four wheeler and kept I on the road. Traffic between Nagpur and Wardha was brought on halt for around one hour. Staff of Sonegaon police station rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.
Sonegaon police have registered the case and started investigations.
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