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 ...
Sitabuldi police booked a man for posing as a police inspector from Mumbai Crime Branch and threatening and extorting money from proprietor of Batukbahi jeweler Nagpur.
The accused has been identified as Nishant Parmar (32), a resident of Shanti Nagar, Dahisar, Mumbai. According to information, complainant in the case -- proprietor of Batukbhai jewelers Bharat Jamchand Seth (53), a resident of Flat No. 403, Heritage Apartment, Civil Lines -- received a phone call on March 22. The caller (Parmar) introduced himself as Police Inspector Rathod attached to Mumbai Crime Branch.
During conversation, PI Rathod accused Bharat of purchasing stolen valuables from a woman thief. “A woman has been arrested by Mumbai Crime Branch and she had given a statement that she had sold the stolen valuables in Batukbhai Jewelers, Nagpur,” PI Rathod told Bharat on phone.
The Inspector later asked the jeweler to hand over Rs 2.5 lakh as the recovery value of the said stolen jewelry or else he would implicate him. Fearing of police action, Bharat assured Parmar of depositing the cash in Mumbai. Bharat approached his one Mumbai based relative and asked them to hand over Rs 2.5 lakh to PI Rathod at Bandra Court. After getting the cash, the PI Rathod again phone Bharat asked him to deposit 50 gm of gold get back the cash. On the basis of directions of Bharat, a man met PI Rathod at Bandra Court and given him gold ornaments of 50 gm. PI Rathod assured him to return the money and disappear in the public.
Sitabuldi police have registered the case under Sections 170, 419, 420 of Indian Penal Code. Investigation officer of the case PSI M P Puri informed that the accused has been arrested by the Tehsil police on production warrant from Beed police. He was arrested previously by the Mumbai police in cases of chain-snatching, mobile theft and cheating. He is a habitual offender who has threatened jewelers in the past too and extorted money from them. In these cases too, he would pose as a PI from Pune or Mumbai Crime Branch.
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