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
South East Central Railway (SECR) has approved a proposal for construction of three kennels at Nagbhid, Dongargadh and Bilaspur station for dedicated detective dog squads. Railway Protection Force (RPF) of SECR will get a helping hand with the dog squad for checking of trains and passenger luggage.
Divisional Security Commandant (DSC) Ashutosh Pandey informed The Hitavada that tendering process would be start this month. Similarly, three dogs will be purchased from the Hydarabad this month. “The dogs will be inducted in the service after eight months of training,” he said and added that funds for maintaining the canines have already been sanctioned.
The RPF is entrusted with the responsibility of escorting passenger trains and providing security on platforms, passenger and circulating areas besides protecting railway property. The SECR RPF have two dog squads stationed at Motibagh and Gondia railway stations. These squads have pair of sniffer and tracker dogs each.
The construction of kennels is the part of integrated security system of railways. It will house sniffer dogs only. The sniffer dogs would help RPF by detecting the presence of drugs and narcotics including Marijuana, cocaine and heroin. An indication from a sniffer dog can be enough for RPF to search for drugs.
RPF personnel would be deputed as handlers to maintain the canines. The idea of forming the squads is cater to emergency requirements swiftly at the stations and for those situated few hours from the important railway stations, said DSC Pandey.
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