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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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MPID Court extends PCR of Wasankar brothers, Choudhary

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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 Prosecutor (SPP) Vishwas Deshmukh told the court that the Economic Offences Wing (EoW) of the Crime Branch investigating the case had received complaints from 90 investors and the amount to be recovered from the accused persons was over Rs 19 crore. The investigators 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, he added.
Maintaining that further custodial interrogation of Prashant, Wasankar, Vinay Wasankar and Abhijit Choudhary was necessary considering the magnitude of the crime, SPP Deshmukh informed the court that the accused trio had given company membership to investors not only from India but foreign nationals as well. As complaints continued to pour in against the accused from investors, their custodial interrogation by investigators was essential, he added.
Adv. Bhagwan Karde and Adv.Vandan Gadkari assisted the prosecution.
Strongly opposing extension of PCR to accused persons,  defence lawyers Adv Shyam Dewani and Adv Anand Deshpande stated that the police had already investigated the case  and seized the required documents, hard computer hard discs and other material from the accused persons.
After hearing the grounds cited by the prosecution and arguments of the defence, the Special Court extended the PCR of Prashant Wasankar and Abhijit Choudhary till August 6.  The court also extended Vinay Wasankar’s PCR till August 4. 

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