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
Sleuths of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), on Saturday night, conducted searches at the residence of Education Officer (Primary) Someshwar Netam just two days before his retirement. During searches, the ACB seized Rs 15 lakh cash and other documents at his posh flat along Koradi Road.
A senior officer of ACB told ‘The Hitavada’ that searches were conducted after court’s permission. A team of ACB raided Netam’s residence in the evening hours and searches continued till late night.
According to sources, Netam was to retire on March 31 and directors and teachers of various educational institutions were in touch with Netam to get approvals. ACB kept a watch on Netam’s activities for past 15 days and noticed that many high-profile people associated with educational institutions met him at his house in morning hours. All visitors entered Netam’s house with a packet but came out without it.
ACB then approached the court and sought permission to conduct searches at Netam’s residence. On the basis of concrete evidences showed by ACB, the court granted permission for the searches. Accordingly, the ACB sleuths conducted searches and seized the huge cash that was kept in almirah, beds, and cupboard.
Now, following the principle of natural justice, ACB will ask Netam to disclose sources of the seized cash. If Netam fails to disclose sources, he will be booked under relevant provisions of law. ACB team seized cash, jewelry, and property related documents worth Rs 40 lakh from his flat.
The team of DySP Dipak Sakhare conducted the searches under the guidance of Superintendent of Police (SP) Nishith Mishra and Additional SP Sanjay Purandare.
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