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...
Police found that 70-80 per cent investments were accepted by the accused in cash and the same was not reflected in the company’s account By Dheeraj Fartode Special Judge (MPIDA) S P Muley on Saturday extended the police custody remand (PCR) of Chairman of Wasankar Wealth Management Ltd Prashant Jaideo Wasankar and his brother-in-law and Director Abhijit Jayant Choudhary till August 6. The court also extended the PCR of company Director Vinay Wasankar till August 4. Arrested on charges of cheating, criminal breach of trust, criminal intimidation, criminal conspiracy and also under the provisions of the Maharashtra Protection of Interests of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act, 1999 for allegedly duping investors of crores of rupees, Wasankar brothers and Choudhary were produced before Special Judge by Investigation Officer Inspector Sudhakar Dhane as their first PCR ended on Saturday. Seeking extension of their PCR for nine more days, Special Public Prosec...