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Major reshuffle expected in Maharashtra Police leadership

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 ...

Slain SIMI members stayed in Nagpur for months

  • ATS keeping a close tab on sympathisers of anti-nationals


By Dheeraj Fartode
Simi men killed in encounter at Bhopal
Encounter of SIMI men at Bhopal
Slain members of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), who were killed in an encounter at Bhopal, also had a Nagpur connection. These dreaded ultras came to Nagpur, stayed at a rented accommodation in Hansapuri area for months and did recce of vital installations before they were caught by the police. An official of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) told The Hitavada that out of Amzad, Zakir Hussain Sadiq, Mohammad Salik, Mujeeb Shaikh, Mehbood Guddu, Mohammad Kalid Ahmed, Aqeel and Majid who were killed in the encounter at Bhopal, at least two- Zakir Hussain Sadiq and Mehbood Guddu- stayed at Nagpur in summer of year 2011 along with Abrar, a key accused in Ahmedabad serial blasts. Shockingly, Abu Faisal, most dreaded henchman of SIMI had also visited the place. “Faisal came and stayed for few hours at the house in Hansapuri,” revealed the official. 
Another top ranking official informed that Zakir’s family including his wife and children were also staying at the rented accommodation. Guddu, Abrar and Zakir used to visit Pili Nadi area, Ita Bhatti square and Ajri Majri area. They had visited a mosque situated in the Civil Lines area near MLA Hostel. 
They had plan to create new sleeper cells in Nagpur but the plan did not get momentum. If sources are to be believed, Abu Faisal in his statement to ATS rued that Nagpur had no conducive environment (read communal tension and vitiated atmosphere) to attract new recruits or radicalise the youngsters. Hence, they are not getting that much support like Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Guddu and Zakir were killed in the encounter on Monday at Bhopal while Abu Faisal is still cooling heals behind bars at Bhopal jail and Abrar is lodged in Ahmedabad jail. 
It may be mentioned that Nagpur ATS had no information about terrorists when they were staying at the Nagpur. Their dangerous game plan came to fore, following their arrest at a neighbouring state. The ATS is keeping a close tab on suspected elements who had sympathy for the banned organisation and their anti-national nefarious designs. The slain SIMI members were involved in multiple incidents of terror and a bank robbery. While in hiding, the SIMI men were allegedly involved in terror activities in several states including Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. SIMI was banned by the government in 2001. 



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