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 ...
Published on November 9, 2019
More police personnel died in road accidents in the country than and terrorist and left-wing extremist (LWE) attacks in year 2017. A total of 502 police personnel (59.67%) were killed in road accidents out of total 840 police personnel killed, said National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) in its recently released report.
Maharashtra lost two police personnel in naxal attacks and one due to accidental firing of weapon. In sharp contrast, 30 were killed road accidents in the state which describe need of providing secure vehicles and safeguards to the policemen.
In Jammu and Kashmir 237 police personnel were killed including 157 killed by riotous mobs and 71 in action against terrorists, 93 policemen were killed in Uttar Pradesh, 78 were killed in Punjan including 72 in road accidents, 51 were killed in Tamil Nadu including 50 in road accidents, 50 were killed in Madhya Pradesh including 39 in road accidents while nine by riotous mob, 41 policemen were killed in Haryana including 40 in road accidents, 40 were killed in Gujarat including 39 in road accidents and so on.
A senior police officer said that the trend of killing of good policemen in accidents in needs to be taken seriously. “We are lossing our personnel due to negligence of the drivers. The checks would prevent accidents due to drivers’ mistake,” he said.
A retired officer said that conducting periodic tests of police drivers is need of an hour. Medical tests of policemen using motorcycle for patrolling should also be conducted including their eyesight and also their alcoholic habits.
2,684 policemen injured
As many as 2,684 policemen were injured on-duty during operations across the country in year 2017. However, number of policemen injured in road accidents just 350. According to statistics, 308 police personnel were injured in Maharashtra in year 2017. Of them, 45 were injured in operations against terrorist and naxals, 28 during anti-dacoity operations, 128 by riotous and 57 in attacks by criminals.
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