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
As the clock ticked away, Suleiman Memon, elder brother of Yakub Memon and latter's cousin, Usman, spent restless night in their hotel room. Lodged at Hotel Dwarka in busy Sitabuldi locality, both brothers provided solace to one another, providing. Both were glued to TV, as they held on to glimmer of hope that Yakub's hanging slated for early Thursday morning would get postponed. Both hardly slept even as city police kept a hawk's eye on the two, said hotel employees who served the guests.
Memon brothers Suleman and Usman walking towards car on Thursday morning. |
Outside a pose of policemen and horde of newspersons, photographers, cameramen, too stayed awake wanting to have comment from either of Memon's brothers. Early morning when Usman came down for a chore, he was flocked by waiting newspersons, particularly aggressive channel reporters who thrust mike and tired to get his say on the matter. A panicked Usman quickly retraced his steps and went back and holed-up in his room.
The two brothers were also in constant touch with Delhi based lawyers, as latter kept them abreast of fast paced developments. The two surfed through news channel trying to get latest news on the developments in Supreme Court, which was opened past midnight to hear Yakub's lawyers.
At around 2 am, a constable arrived at the hotel and handed over a sealed packet from Nagpur Central Jail authorities. The packet had a letter from Jail Superintendent informing details of hanging of Yakub slated for later in the morning.
The brothers finally lost hope around 5 am on Thursday when TV channels started flashing the news of the dismissal of last ditch attempt of Yakub's lawyers to get 14-day reprieve for the Bombay blasts convict. Emotions got better of the two brothers and their eyes swelled-up, said Hotel sources. Sources also informed that the brothers were also asked by jail authorities to reach at Central Prison by 8.30 am. “There was a communication between jail authority and Memon brothers,” said a police official in know of the things.
The brothers left Hotel Dwarka at around 8.15 am and impatient media jostled to click pictures and one possible comment form either one of them. Officers of Sitabuldi Police managed to clear the path for Memon brothers who later travelleed in a Maruti Versa car. The car directly drove to Central Jail where jail authorities handed over the body to the brothers after completing legal formalities.
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