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
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In a major breakthrough, a five-member interstate gang of robbers was busted by Local Crime Branch (LCB) of Nagpur rural police on Monday for robbing an Umred businessman of Rs 8.5 lakh last week.
The robbers committed the crime last Monday at 11:30 am when the victim Nikesh Mahesh Tolani (29), a distributor for Hindustan Uniliver Ltd, was on his way to a bank with two bags containing cash. Tolani was accosted by the accused who tried to snatch the bags from him. They stabbed Tolani in his head and stomach before fleeing on a motorcycle with the bags containing Rs 8,53,000 cash.
After registering the case under Sections 394 and 34 of Indian Penal Code, the police started checking footage and location of history-sheeters active in the area. Acting on a tip-off, the police nabbed the accused persons from their houses. During interrogation, the goons confessed for the crime.
The arrested accused have been identified as Sumit Prabhakar Somkuwar (22), a resident of Saunsar District of Madhya Pradesh; Magnesh alias Guddu Birju Padolia (23), Mangesh Santosh Kharpuria (21), both residents of Wadhona village in Katol tehsil; Sayyad Yasin alias Sayyad Kalim (19), a resident of Ekta colony, Yashodhara Nagar and Kasim alias Ahmedkhaa Pathan (25), a resident of Surendragadh, Giddikhadan.
A police official informed that accused Kasim was working as driver on a truck at the godown of Hindustan Unilever Ltd at Fetri, Kalmeshwar two years ago. While delivering products at Tolani’s shop at Umred, he noticed that Tolani was carrying huge cash to the bank. Last month, he shared the information with other accused and they hatched the conspiracy. Accused Padolia, Kharpuria and Sayyad went to Umred and done the recce of the spot. They also roped accused Sumit Somkuwar in the crime and robbed Tolani on October 14 of Rs 8.53,000/-. A police official said that Sumit was waiting for Tolani in the bank while others were standing in the parking. When Tolani stepping up in the bank, Sumit kicked him. As he collapsed on the steps, other three accused caught hold of him and Mangesh Padolia stabbed him in the stomach with a sharp-weapons. Soon after, the goons fled the town on Pulsar 220 motorcycle.
Under the guidance of Superintendent of Police Rakesh Ola and Addl SP Monika Raut, the arrest was made by Police Inspector (LCB) Anil Jittawar, APIs Jitendra Wairagade, Pankaj Waghode, PSIs Sachin Matte, Javed Sheikh and staff including Laxmiprasad Dubey, Jaiprakash Sharma, Ramesh Bhoyar, Rajendra Sanodia, Avinash Raut, Dinesh Adapure, Rama Aade, Radhesham Kamble, Balaji Sakhre, Pranay Banafar, Satyasheel Kothare, Amol Wagh, Sahebrao Bahale, Amol Kuthe and Satish Ratohd of Cyber Cell.
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