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
Yet another property dealer in the city was eliminated in a local dispute. Police said, 28-year-old, Kamlesh Dabhoji Janbandhu, a resident of Gautam Nagar, Gaddigodam, was felled by his rivals. The murder occurred at Pardesipura in Gaddigodam area under the jurisdiction of Sadar police station on wee hours of Sunday.The accused who numbered two ambushed the victim as he was heading home on his motorcycle around 12.30 am.
Sadar police said that a tiff had taken place between Kamlesh Dabhoji Janbandhu, a resident of Gautam Nagar, Gaddigodam and the accused Khushal alias Jallad Thool (26), latter’s accomplice Nitesh Manwatkar (19), both residents of Gaddigodam, during last year. There were repeated skirmishes between them for past one year. Finally, Khushal and Nitesh conspired to eliminate Kamlesh and hatched a plan.
The accused armed with a sword lay in wait for Kamlesh at Gaddigodam. When Kamlesh arrived on motorcycle the accused duo blocked him and pulled up him down from the motorcycle in front one Jeetu Tembhurne’s residence and attacked him with swords. The accused then smashed a boulder on his head. Kamlesh sustained multiple injuries in the attack and succumbed to his injuries on the spot. Staff of Sadar police station rushed to the spot.
Investigations by police revealed that the latest fight between Kamlesh and his attackers had occurred at a wedding reception on Kamptee Road. Both Kamlesh and the other two openly threatened to liquidate the other. The two attackers knew Kamlesh with his past criminal record might get better of them and hence they decided to eliminate him.
Sadar police have registered a case under sections 302 and 34 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and arrested the accused. Further investigations are on.
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