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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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Cops arrest TB ward rape case accused

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  • Joint team of Imambada Police and Crime branch arrested the accused on Friday evening. The accused is a notorious goon and CCTV footage from a shop near TB ward gave clue about perpetrator of this heinous crime 


By Dheeraj Fartode
Tremendous hard work and dedication of joint teams of Imambada Police and Crime Branch on Friday bear fruits and the police have nabbed the culprit -- Sonu Gupta (24) -- in sensational TB Ward rape case in which the accused had sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl on Wednesday night. 
Commissioner of Police Shardaprasad Yadav confirmed the information about cracking the case. Another senior rank official said, Gupta, a notorious history-sheeter of the area, brutally abused the girl when she was returning home. The investigation stumbled many a times as the victim, who was shaken and under trauma, was changing her statement continuously. However, the police managed to nab the accused with the help of sketch and CCTV footage procured from a shop situated near the TB Ward entrance gate. 
Sources informed that the girl and the accused are seen in the footage and there is a reason to believe that he threatened the girl with dire consequences and forced her to accompany him. The footage has captured the accused seen walking from Medical square and entering the TB Ward at around 9 pm.
It may be mentioned that the police have interrogated around 15 suspects so far. On the basis of inputs received from the victim, the police made a sketch of the accused and posted it on Twitter and Facebook. 
The city police formed around 20 special teams consisting of five members each to apprehend the accused responsible for this heinous crime. After receiving some inputs about possible involvement of friend of the victim’s elder sister, the cops tracked down many youngsters living in city and district. Moreover, the police did not spared Facebook friends of the victim’s sister. They were taken to the police station and sternly interrogated by police officers. 
It may be mentioned that the girl was returning to her home at 9 pm on Wednesday after attending a Karate class. While walking through isolated area of TB Ward, a moped-borne Gupta approached her and said ‘Hello’. However, the girl ignored him and continued walking. Gupta approached her again and asked her to sit on the moped. The girl refused to do so stating that her father had told her not to take lift from any stranger. 
Seeing that the area was isolated, Gupta immediately took out a cloth and tried to cover her face. Perhaps due to chloroform sprayed over the cloth, the hapless girl fell unconscious. When she regained consciousness after two hours, she found herself in an abandoned structure. She was terrified to see the naked youth besides her. The girl immediately fled the spot and somehow reached home. Her parents, who were worried as their daughter had not returned home till 11 pm, bombarded her with questions. Mustering courage, she narrated the incident to her parents. 
The Parents then lodged a police complaint. The police had registered the case under Sections 363, 366 (a), 376 (2) (I) (j) of Indian Penal Code read with sub-sections 4, 6, 8 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. 
The entire investigation was personally supervised by DCP (Crime) Rajan Kumar Sharma while arrest was made by API Sachin Lule, HC Battulal Pandey, Prakash Wankhede.  

Spot is different ? 

The spot where police performed Panchanama could be different as the police have recovered a Karate belt and cloths of the girl from another spot which is situated around 50 metres from the spot. 
A team of Imambada Police Station on Friday evening noticed a yellow colour belt and cloths lying behind it. The police also noticed some imprints at the spot. This new development has given new clues to investigation who are probing all angles. 

DGP reviews matter

Director General of Police (DGP) Pravin Dixit who arrived in city on Thursday night, took a thorough review of the ongoing investigation in the rape case during a special meeting of senior police officers at Police Gymkhana on Friday. 
A senior police officer confirmed that the DGP asked the officers about progress in the investigation and also guided them about how to prepare a water-tight case and nab the culprits. He also reviewed progress of various social media apps launched by Maharashtra Police. 

BJP, Mahila Congress seeks stern action against culprits 

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) women wing activists led by president Nanda Jichkar and former Mayor Archana Dehankar on Friday met the Commissioner of Police S P Yadav and demanded stern action against culprits. Such incidents lead to fear psychosis among women and particularly young girls who are terrorised due to such lechers, they stated. BJP activists Lata Yerkhede, Seema Dhomne, Maya Gawali, Mangala Maske, Anusuya Gupta, Varsha Chaudhari, Rashmi Fadnavis, Manisha Jichkar, Shital Chimurkar, Rekha Nimje and others were present in the delegation. 
Similarly activists of Nagpur City Mahila Congress Committee on Friday met senior police officers of the police station and submitted a memorandum demanding immediate arrest of the accused. The Congress activists also threatened to launch stir against city police for failure to curb crime against women. 
Pradnya Badwaik, Mamata Gedam, Dr Jyotsna Kumare, Sandhya Thakare, Sangita Kukade, Kavita Hingankar, Sangita Uparikar, Maya Ghorpade, Pramila Dhamne, Dhanashri Bawane and others were part of the delegation. 


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