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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Injured passenger of Rajdhani express |
By Dheeraj Fartode
A group of miscreants on Saturday pelted stones on 12437 Secunderabad-H Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express when it was near Ballarshaha station (about 210 km from Nagpur) on Saturday afternoon, smashing window panes and injuring a passenger travelling in an AC-II tier coach.
The injured passenger, Akshay Acharya, a resident of New Delhi, groaned in pain but there were no painkillers in the medical kit on board. There were no doctors among the passengers either, said a railway official.
According to the railway officials, stone-pelting on important trains like the Rajdhani has turned railway administration on toes. The train do not have escorts between Ballarshaha and Nagpur, the official informed.
The railway official added that the incident occurred around 2.30 pm. Several coaches including B-7, B-5 and B-4 were hit by the stones. The injured passenger was occupying berth no 59 in the B-5 coach when a stone hit the window pane. The windows have two panes but both were shattered and the passenger’s chin was hits by the stone.
Guard of the train rushed to the spot and applied first-aid. More than three window panes were also shattered. Guard of the train relayed the information to Operating Control room of Central Railway, Nagpur Division. Staff of Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) rushed to the train, when the train arrived at platform no 1 of Nagpur station at 4.30 pm. Cops have registered the case. Further investigations are on.
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