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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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Katol police seize Ganja of Rs 19 lakh

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IN AN ‘accidental’ breakthrough, Katol Police busted a gang of inter-state drug racketeers by arresting two of its and seized over 189 kilogramme Marijuana valued at Rs 19 lakh from their Honda Accord car on early Monday morning. 


The speeding Honda Accord car (DL-4C/AB-6700) in which the two smugglers were carrying a huge consignment of Marijuana in 83 packets met with an accident near village Meena Chikhli, about seven kilometre from Katol, and fell into a canal around 5.30 am. 

Two smugglers --Amitsingh Kisansingh alias Kisanlal Tomar (25), a native of Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) and Vijay Sarjuram Koi (28), a resident of R K Puram, Delhi -- survived due to airbags fitted in the car. Villagers passingby rushed to the spot. Some of them alerted the cops. Villagers pulled out the two drug peddlers from the mangled vehicle. Within minutes, staff from Katol Police Station arrived at the spot. Amit Singh and Vijay, who sustained some injuries, tried to escape but cops nabbed and took them into custody.

Amitsingh and Vijay told police during their preliminary interrogation that they loaded the consignment of Marijuana in their car from the residence of a well-known Katol-based sweets trader.

Arrested on charges under relevant sections Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, Amitsingh and Vijay told the investigators that they were heading towards Madhya Pradesh via Wadchicholi. Their car was at a high speed. Near Meena Chikhli turning, one of the tyres of the car burst. The driver lost control of the car and it fell into the canal. As the news about seizure of Marijuana reached the Nagpur (Rural) Police Headquarters, senior police officers visited the spot. Cops also seized the mangled car of the drug peddlers.

Investigators suspect that the two arrested drug peddlers belong to an inter-state gang of narcotics and drug smugglers.  On Thursday, Nagpur City Police had seized more than 765 kilogramme Marijuana valued at Rs 76.51 lakh from an ambulance in Kalamna area. However, the two drug peddlers had managed to give a slip to the cops.



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