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Major reshuffle expected in Maharashtra Police leadership

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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
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CCTV in Commissioner of Police's office non-functional for past one year

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  • Top police brass in Nagpur Police Commissionerate seems deeply untouched at non working of surveillance system

By Dheeraj Fartode
The next time city police dishes out expert advice, especially to keep a check on intruders, citizens or business should dare to ask back the cops, have they done it themselves? The question has arisen as the close circuit televisions (CCTV) system at office of Commissioner of Police have been rendered useless. The reason, CCTV at CP office are out of order for past one year or so.
Sources informed that the cameras were installed during the tenure of then CP Pravin Dixit who then ordered police station to advocate using CCTV after receipt of theft complaints. After working for a year, the system developed a technical snag during the tenure of Ankush Dhanvijay as CP. Dhanvijay paid little heed to repair the CCTV. K K Pathak took over reins of Nagpur Police Commissionerate in November 2012, and with the defunct CCTV system also, now it is learnt. 
Pathak too had batted for CCTV cameras and asked the force to pursue the policy promoted by his predecessor Commissioner of Police Pravin Dixit. As such Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), Police Station Officers (PSOs) are consistently appealing shop owners in city to go for CCTV cameras as cops argue the footage come in handy during investigations as it offers important clues.
Sometimes back, Commissioner of Police had announced a plan to install CCTV at strategic locations in the city to help in better policing the city. A plan too was drafted wherein it was mentioned that the cameras would help police combat street crime, especially chain-snatchers and also help in keeping effective check on traffic violators and hoodlums. CP had contacted Manganese Ore India Limited (MOIL) and Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) to sponsor the equipment and installation for 100 CCTVs as part of their corporate social responsibility. 
However, city police initiative for CCTV coverage of city is contrary to its own disinterest in putting its house in order. Or should one think the cops do not like the obnoxious CCTV to record happenings in office of top cop of city.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Headquarters) Sunil Kolhe who is in-charge for overlooking administration at CP office was not available for comment. Repeated attempts to contact him failed.

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