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 ...
Shiv Sena’s City Chief Mangesh Kadav, who was booked for five cases of extortion and fraud and expelled from the Shiv Sena, is still absconding and yet to be traced by the police.
Meanwhile, Dr. Ruchita Mangesh Kadav (38), a resident of Abhyankar Nagar, was produced in the court by Crime Branch on Tuesday. The court remanded her in police custody for a day. The police are expecting that Mangesh Kadav would surrender before the police after arrest of his wife.
First case was registered against Kadav last week for demanding extortion of Rs 25 lakh. The case was registered by Ambazari police for stealing material from the house of Vikram Madhukar Labhe’s bungalow at Puranic Layout in Bharat Nagar.
After that, Sakkarada police registered a case of extortion against Kadav for threatening to kill Devanand Shirke, a builder from Sakkarada, and demanding Rs 20 lakh to him. Similarly, a case of fraud was registered against Kadav and his wife in a case of Amariva apartment, Manewada. Soon after, Vikas Ramkrishna Chaudhary (44), a resident of Kasturba Layout, Bajajnagar, registered a case of Rs 1.5 lakh with Bajaj Nagar police last Wednesday.
Fifth case was registered against Kadav for duping a youth to the tune of Rs 6 lakh on pretext of providing him job as a TTE in the railways. After registration of first offence, Ruchita Kadav complained of chest pain and admitted at VIMS Hospital in Sadar area. She was arrested by a team of Crime Branch on Monday after she was discharged from the hospital. Mangesh Kadav is still absconding and police have launched hunt for his arrest. A Mercedes car, BMW car and a Harley-Davidson belonging to him were seized by the police.
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