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 ...
A couple in their 20s have been arrested for allegedly robbing houses after learning various methods of break-in by watching YouTube videos, police in Maharashtra's Nagpur said on Tuesday.
An official said accused Haziapahad resident Shailesh Vasanta Dumbre, 29, is an MBA while his partner Gauri Gomade, 21, is a Bachelor of Arts student in Chitrakala Mahavidyalaya.
"They live together and used to watch house-breaking theft videos on Youtube, including use of gas-cutters to pull out latches of doors. They perfected it by using a gas-cutter on objects at home," he said. He said the couple is accused of robbing Rs 2 lakh from a house in Mankapur area in April.
"They were living in a rented bungalow in Gorewada area and used to commit two to three house-breaking thefts every month to support their lavish lifestyle. We zeroed in on them after they used an orange car bought on installments in one of the thefts," the Mankapur police station official said. The police seized a gas-cutter gun, oxygen cylinders and other tools used for thefts, he said.
"They have told police they were currently scouring Youtube videos on techniques to pry open ATMs," he said.
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