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 ...
Staff of Pachpaoli police station with
arrested accused and seized mobile phones.
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A gang of mobile thieves was busted by Pachpaoli police and recovered 19 stolen mobile phones worth Rs 2.70 lakh from their possession. The accused have stolen more than 200 mobile phones in last two years and disposed of in the Hydarabad.
The accused have been identified as Rupesh Vijay Kshirsagar (20) and Rajesh Baburao Meshram (18), both residents of Pawansut Nagar, Hudkeshwar.
According to police, the accused came under the police scanner when they had stolen a mobile phone of Sohel Jami Qureshi (22), a resident of Asi Nagar, on February 21. Sohel had gone to Jaswant Tuli mall where the theft took place.
During investigation, the police identified the accused and picked them from the residence. The interrogation of the accused revealed that they were stealing mobile phones across the city from last two years. “The accused are the part of seven-member gang of mobile thieves. They have stolen more than 200 mobile phones and disposed of in Hyderabd where the receiver was reselling the phones after changing its International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number,” informed PI Ashok Meshram of Pachpaoli police station.
Once the IMEI number of a phone is changed, it becomes impossible for the investigating agencies to track it further. “The accused were stealing only high-end mobile phones,” PI Mesham said and added that a special team would be tasked to arrested the Hyderabad based receiver.
Under the guidance of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Rahul Maknikar, API Walchand Munde, the arrest was made by PI Meshram, Mahesh Dawan, API SS Suruse and staff including Ashok Pund, Premdas Wardhe, Rahul Badhiye, Sachin Bhimte, Chetan Gedam, Gajanan Rathod and others.
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