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 ...
Nayak was suspended for not joining duties at Nagpur range
By Dheeraj Fartode
Suspended Sub-Inspector of Maharashtra Police Daya Nayak (famously knows as encounter specialist) was reinstated by Home Department on Monday. Nayak was suspended in July 2015 for not joining his duties after transfer to Nagpur Range.
State Director General of Police (DGP) Pravin Dixit confirmed the development and said that Nayak was reinstated. As to his posting, DGP Dixit thought gave hint refused to pinpoint the place.
While talking with The Hitavada Nayak said he is yet to receive communication from the Government. Asked whether he will be reporting at Nagpur Range, the encounter specialist said that he has worked in Mumbai and have developed wide network within the metropolis and would prefer it.
Earlier Nayak was reinstated in service in June 2012 and transferred to Nagpur range. Nayak, a 1995-batch police officer, was under suspension for nearly six-and-a-half years after the Anti-Corruption Bureau had arrested him in 2006.
In 2009, the then Director General of Police SS Virk denied permission to prosecute Nayak in the case with a remark that there were insufficient grounds and also cleared him of all charges. In 2010, Supreme Court quashed all the charges against Nayak under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
Nayak was reinstated in 2012 and posted to local arms wing of Mumbai city police. After a brief stint here, he was transferred to the Western region (Bandra to Andheri), considered a high-profile zone in the city. He is known to have killed more than 80 gangsters in encounters, including Vinod Matkar, Rafik Dabba, Sadik Kalia and three Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives.
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