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 history-sheeter was brutally murdered by four unidentified assailants on Jaitala Road under the jurisdiction of Sonegaon police station on Monday evening. The accused first bashed up the goon and when he escaped from their clutches, they chased and stabbed him to death with sharp-weapons. The history-sheeter was released from the jail on bail just three-days ago. The deceased was identified as Nilesh Rajesh Naidu (31), a resident of Khamla area. The police have arrested Mayur Sherkar, Govind Dongre and Sagar Bagga for killing Naidu. Three accused Suchit Chahande, Ashish Bandekar and Vishal Gondane are still absconding. A police official said that Sherkar owns a mobile phone shop - M S Collection - in Indraprastha Nagar. He was also accused in an attempt to murder case. Naidu on Monday afternoon came to the shop and accused Sherkar for allowing bail of Nikhil Kharat and Gullu Maliye, accused in Shera Chavan murder case. He then asked Sherkar to surrender his gold chain and a mobile ph