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 ...
Overtaking a truck in a haste claimed life of a young girl in Wadi area on Tuesday morning. The girl was crushed to death by a truck.
Puja Omprakash Tiwari, (26), a resident of Navneet Nagar, Krishnanand Society, Wadi, was heading towards Nagpur on her Activa moped (MH-40/BB-1330) at 10.15 am. She was going to Ajmera Tyres where she was working. Puja was set to overtake a truck (MH-12/MV-4600) when she was passing through Wadi area. But when she was about to cross the truck, she lost her balance and came under its rear wheels. She was crushed and dragged by the truck for a distance before halting. A passersby claimed that her odni was entangled in the truck as a result she fell on the road and came under the wheels. However, the police have not confirmed the information given by the passersby.
A large numbers of onlookers gathered at the spot and traffic movement was affected after the accident. Puja sustained multiple injuries in the accident and died on the spot. A police official said that the truck driver had applied brakes when she came under the wheels but it was late. She sustained major injuries on upper part of the body including head, the official said. Blood was oozing from her body after the accident. The official further claimed that the tragic incident occurred due to the heavy traffic on the road as she tried to overtake the truck in narrow space of the road.
The police have arrested the truck drier Shivlal Ramdas Shinde (30), a resident of Takalkhed village of Budhana district and booked him under Sections 279 and 304 (a) of Indian Penal Code.
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