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
VIOLENCE and arson erupted in several localities in North Nagpur since Friday night after some miscreants pelted stones at a religious place in Panchasheel Nagar, Pachpaoli. Despite deployment of a huge police posse, protesters including men, women and children pelted stones and torched vehicles. Several cars and two wheelers were damaged by the mob. The unruly crowd ransacked some restaurants and eateries forcing shopkeepers to down their shutters.
After the protesters clashed with some of the cops, police resorted to lathi charge at Panchasheel Nagar, Lashkaribag and Indora Square to quell the rioters. According to eye-witnesses, most of the people residing in Samata Nagar, Panchasheel Nagar, Lashkaribagh, Indora and other nearby localities had gone to Deekshabhoomi to attend the Dhammachakra Pravartan Day programme on Sunday evening. Last night, some 10-12 miscreants who were in an inebriated condition, threw stone at a Buddha Vihar in Panchasheel Nagar. They smashed the windowpanes of the vihar. An elderly woman tried to prevent them but they misbehaved and allegedly thrashed her. When she shouted for help, the miscreants ran away.
The news about the incident spread like jungle fire in Pachpaoli and Jaripatka areas. Hundreds of people gathered on the streets. They burnt tyres on the road to register their protest and demanded immediate arrest of the miscreants who hurt their religious sentiments. Cops rushed to the affected localities and pacified the mob.
On Saturday again, violence and arson erupted in Panchasheel Nagar, Lashkaribagh, Kamal Chwok, Indora Chowk, and other nearby localities. The mob torched an ambulance at Indora Square. Similarly, the protesters also torched some vehicles in other localities. On Ambedkar Road, the crowd ransacked RajkutRestaurant and Indore Namkeen Centre, besides damaging several vehicles parked on the roadside.
Besides staff from Pachpaoli, Jaripatka and Sadar Police Stations, additional force from Police headquarters, quick response teams, platoons of State Reserve Police Force and anti-riot vehicles were deployed. Cops resorted to cane charge after the mob resorted to stone-pelting on policemen injuring some of them.
Commissioner of Police K K Pathak, Joint Commissioner of Police Anupkumar Singh, Deputy Commissioners of Police from all zones, Crime Branch and Specail Branch officers were constantly monitoring the situation. Five policemen bleeding profusely were rushed to hospital.
A senior officer told ‘The Hitavada’ that police have rounded up some miscreants likely to be involved in the incident that hurt the religious sentiments of the community. “We had no option but to use force to handle the violent mob,” he added. The officer informed that heavy bandobast has been deployed in the riot-hit areas though the situation was under control.
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