IGP Chandra Kishore Mina By Dheeraj Fartode Chandra Kishore Mina, an IPS officer of the 2006 batch, has been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service. Currently serving as Special Inspector General of Police (IGP) for the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Mina has held several important positions in Nagpur and the Vidarbha region. While serving as ASP in Gadchiroli, Mina led a successful anti-Naxal operation in 2009, which resulted in the Petha encounter, weakening the Naxal movement. This operation earned him the DG Insignia. As SP in Akola and Nanded, Mina used innovative methods to maintain communal harmony and resolve tensions effectively. He uncovered a state-wide kidney transplant racket in Akola and, as DCP in Nagpur, dismantled organized crime syndicates through MCOCA and MPDA cases. In Nanded, Mina detected a recruitment scam that affected the entire state. His technological skills were evident when he implemented the court monitoring system in Akola. As DCP in M...
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DCP Nilesh Bharne |
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Special Branch (SB) Nilesh Bharne raided two hookah parlours in Sitabudli and Sadar Police Station area and seized hookah on wee hours of Friday. Three persons were arrested by the police and later released on bail. Acting on a tip-off, DCP Bharne, who was on night-round, conducted first raid at Hub Cafe at Achraj Tower in Sadar at 1.30 am. The cops noticed a group of youngsters allegedly indulge in hookah smoking. The cops immediately seized the equipment and hookah from the spot and took the manager in custody. The manager was identified as Ritesh Diwaji Uike (34), a resident of Bayramji Town.
Later, DCP Bharne conducted raid at Lahori Deluxe Bar at West High-Court Road at around 2 am where cops noticed that many youngsters drinking liquor late night and smoking hookah. The police seized hookah from the Bar and took two persons in custody. A police officer informed that the bar owner had all set to launch a hookah parlour -- Roof 9 -- in the same building. It may be mentioned that the Lahori Deluxe Bar was always in news for illegal activities. The Bar owner was booked in firing case last year. Arrested persons including a supervisor identified as Suresh Jagdish Vaichraj (35), a resident of Aarohi Apartment, Ravi Nagar and Rakesh Gulabrao Tambutwar (25), a resident of Pipala, Koradi road.
A police officer informed that more persons would be booked in the case for running illegal activities after investigation. Sitabuldi and Sadar police have registered an offence under Sections 4 of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, (COTPA) 2003 read with sub-sections of Bombay Police Act.
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