IGP Chandra Kishore Mina By Dheeraj Fartode Chandra Kishore Mina, an IPS officer of the 2006 batch, has been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service. Currently serving as Special Inspector General of Police (IGP) for the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Mina has held several important positions in Nagpur and the Vidarbha region. While serving as ASP in Gadchiroli, Mina led a successful anti-Naxal operation in 2009, which resulted in the Petha encounter, weakening the Naxal movement. This operation earned him the DG Insignia. As SP in Akola and Nanded, Mina used innovative methods to maintain communal harmony and resolve tensions effectively. He uncovered a state-wide kidney transplant racket in Akola and, as DCP in Nagpur, dismantled organized crime syndicates through MCOCA and MPDA cases. In Nanded, Mina detected a recruitment scam that affected the entire state. His technological skills were evident when he implemented the court monitoring system in Akola. As DCP in M...
19-10-19
THOUSANDS of police personnel would not be able to vote in the Assembly elections as they failed to file form no. 12 mandatory for casting postal ballot, thanks to senior police officers in Nagpur Police who failed to convey the last date of filing to the constabulary staff.
More than 5,000 policemen would be deployed for election duties at polling booths and management of sensitive areas, a top rank officer said. However, only a few have managed to file the Form No. 12, it has been learnt.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Welfare, Vinay Marathe informed ‘The Hitavada’ that as many as 1,558 police personnel have filed form required for casting postal ballot. “A police officer at every police station was designated as nodal officer and forms were given to him on October 10. His duty was to distribute the forms to police personnel at police station and submit it on October 16 for further action,” he said.
“We have received 1,558 forms. Remaining constabulary force can caste their vote at election booths as all are living in the city,” the ACP said. Whether it would be possible during the bandobast is everybody’s guess.
Expert on the issue stated that as just 1,558 (31.16 per cent) policemen out of 5,000 strong force have filed the forms, remaining 3.442 (68.84 per cent) would not be able to vote. “Election duty is one of the most sensitive duties for government employees. If one is not found at the duty spot, one faces brunt from senior rank officials,” he said adding that no policeman could dare to go out while on-duty.
Sources informed that this happened due to lack of coordination on part of police station-level officers and nodal officers.
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