IGP Chandra Kishore Mina By Dheeraj Fartode Chandra Kishore Mina, an IPS officer of the 2006 batch, has been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service. Currently serving as Special Inspector General of Police (IGP) for the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Mina has held several important positions in Nagpur and the Vidarbha region. While serving as ASP in Gadchiroli, Mina led a successful anti-Naxal operation in 2009, which resulted in the Petha encounter, weakening the Naxal movement. This operation earned him the DG Insignia. As SP in Akola and Nanded, Mina used innovative methods to maintain communal harmony and resolve tensions effectively. He uncovered a state-wide kidney transplant racket in Akola and, as DCP in Nagpur, dismantled organized crime syndicates through MCOCA and MPDA cases. In Nanded, Mina detected a recruitment scam that affected the entire state. His technological skills were evident when he implemented the court monitoring system in Akola. As DCP in M...
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Indian railway train in naxal affected area |
Chief Security Commandant of Central Railway and Inspector General of Railway Protection Force (RPF) Anil Sharma assured train passengers about their safety from naxal menace. “Despite of several major naxal attack on police in naxal affected area, Indian railway is safe from the naxals,” said Sharma.
IG Sharma was on special visit of Nagpur division of central railway on Thursday. He supervised security arrangements at Nagpur station and then went to Chandrapur station on Thursday evening. The IG have asked RPF officers to improve security arrangement at Chandrapur, Ballarshaha stations, which are comes under Naxal affected area.
Talking with newspersons at Nagpur railway station, IG Sharma said that RPF is very vigilant about safety of passengers. “Intelligence unit of RPF continuously coordinating with Intelligence Bureau (IB) and state police about information of naxals,” said the IG.
Replying a question about vacancies in the force, Sharma said that recruitment drive has been carried out across the nation to fill up the vacancies. New recruited RPF staff will serve in the force within six months, he added. Informing about Integrated Security System proposal at Nagpur railway station, which is pending for past three years, the IG said “after thinking over new security scenario of India, the system needed upgrade and modern version of Integrated security system.” First, the system will be installed at Mumbai and Pune railway station within six months and then upgraded version will be installed at Nagpur railway station, the IG informed. The chief security commandant further praised for work of Senior Divisional Security Commandant, Nagpur Division (Sr. DSC) Ibbrahim Sheriff. Assistant Security Commandant D Chobey, Inspector Kalyan Morey, R N Singh were present during the visit.
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