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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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1.5 lakh 'Police Mitra' for pro-people policing

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  • 1.5 lakh Police Mitra joins hands of Maharashtra Police 
  • Police Mitra will be use for intelligence gathering in urban areas 
  • Many cases solved with help of Police Mitra


CommissioneratePolice Mitra
Mumbai  6484
Thane 6420
Navi Mumbai 2162
Pune Nashik 5510
Solapur 1914
Aurangabad 1410
Nagpur 1201


By Dheeraj Fartode
The scheme of ‘Police Mitra’ holds the potential to change the policing in State and bridge the widening gap between citizens and the men in khaki. Across the State the policemen have enrolled 1.5 lakh citizens as Police Mitra till date. The number is equal to current size of uniformed men in the police department. 
Police Mitra

The programme, a brain child of Director General of Police (DGP) Praveen Dixit, hopes to win back support of man on the street. With citizens closely involved with police, the web of suspicion that always befell the policemen can be resolved and also help overcome the reservation citizens have while extending co-operation. 
DGP Dixit has asked the officers across State to adopt change and slowly and surely the changes in policing would be visible soon. Now, every unit of the state police will use the police Mitra in daily activities, including nakabandi, foot patrolling and intelligence gathering. Particularly the concept of involving citizens in nakabandi is very novel as it can relieve need to deploy large number of policemen and secondly effectiveness of such measures can be enhanced greatly, the DGP said.
As per the information provided by office of DGP, Maharashtra; police force at districts of Jalgaon, Akola, Buldhana and Nashik Rural are using Police Mitra since last two months and their feedback shows fantastic results. 
Talking further to The Hitavada, DGP Dixit said the scheme is great success across the State. He revealed his experience of visits of Bhandara and Gondia where police mitra and cops are jointly patrolling naxal infested region. He also explained that in future the scheme would be refined further to lay more stress on awareness and intelligence gathering. We want police mitra to act as our messengers and in turn create a positive image in society about policemen.
Some of the experiments being carried out through police mitra scheme is enumerated by the office of DGP:
Jalgaon Police is conducting Yuva Suraksha Abhiyan’ and recruiting College goings youths, girls, professors as Police Mitra. The cops are conducting brain storming sessions for police Mitra in the district on the sensitive issues of SIMI, terrorism, naxalism and security of vital installations. 
Akola Police has undertaken Jansetu programme and using Police Mitra to arrest farmers suicide. Superintendent of Police Chandra Kishore Mina have formed a committee to make people aware and connected Police Mitra scheme with agriculture experts, police patil, farmers and talathi. The committee is conducting interactive session for farmers in the district. 
In riot hit Khamgaon taluka, the police are guiding the youngsters about career avenues and enrolled them as Police Mitra. 
Railway police too are using the Police Mitra for intelligence gathering and trying to get information about criminals before they can strike.

DGP Dixit appeals for 10,000 Police Mitra from Nagpur


Barring Gadchiroli, Nagpur Commissioner of Police have enrolled least numbers of Police Mitra across the state. In total 1.5 lakh Police Mitra, Nagpur Police have enrolled merely 1201 Police Mitra. Mumbai Police have enrolled 6484 Police Mitra followed by 6420 in Thane Commissionerate, 5510 in Pune Commissionerate, 3065 in Solapur Commissionerate, 2162 in Navi Mumbai Commissionerate, 1914 Nashik Commissionerate and 1410 in Aurangabad Commissionerate. Interestingly, Nagpur Rural Police have enrolled 2874 Police Mitra which is double the number recruited by Nagpur Police. 
Asked about the poor number of police mitra in Nagpur, the DGP said in democracy ultimately it's people participation that matters the most. Hence we have to trust people and maintaining distance from society would not going to help the police. 
DGP feels that given the population and expanse of Nagpur city, there should be atleast 10,000 police mitras. The task is not that difficult as Nagpurians are known to extend co-operation to police department in every initiative.

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