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 ...
Office-bearers of Active Growth company were booked by Economic Offences Wing (OCW) for duping investors to the tune of Rs 1.34 crore on pretext of double their investment within three months.
The accused have been identified as Ganesh Shriram Kaikade, Vilas Shriram Kaikade and Sushma Ganesh Kaikade, all residents of Plot No. 60, Ayodhya Nagar, near Sai Mandir.
Complainant Vilas Vitthalrao Bobde (60), a resident of Plot No. 383, Vitthal-Rukmini Palace, Laxmi Nagar, lodged a complaint with EoW alleging the accused had collected Rs 28.50 lakh from him and Rs 71.84 lakh from other investors in July 2019 on pretext of doubling the investment. The accused told the investors that the company was investing in foreign currency and forex trading and assured 33.33 % returns per month. They also assured that the returns would increase upto 50 %, 70 % and 100 % periodically. After giving the money to the accused, they had done agreement with the investors and given post dated cheques to them. The victims realised the fraud when the accused failed to give promised returns to them.
On the basis of complaint lodged by the investors, Bajaj Nagar police have registered the case under Sections 409, 420 and 120 (b) of Indian Penal Code read with Section 3 of Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act. Further investigation is on.
A police official said that Shriram Kaikade is the kingpin in the fraud while his wife wife Sushma and brother Vilas helped him in the fraud. The accused have been arrested by EoW on Tuesday and obtained their police custody remand.
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