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...
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Police bandobast for Independence Day |
A strong police bandobast of more than 2,500 police personnel will be deployed across the city on Independence Day. Commissioner of Police (CP) Amitesh Kumar has instructed all police station in-charges to intensify patrolling in their jurisdictions especially at crowded places from Saturday evening.
A police official informed that main markets and armed police personnel would be deployed in Civil Lines, Sadar, Ambazari, Tekdi Road, Sitabuldi, Mominpura, Telangkhedi Lake and other places. The police will also pay special attention to 16 vital installations including railway stations.
Nakabandi was enforced in the city from Saturding morning and vehicles are being checked by the police personnel. Mobile surveillance vehicles (MSV) will also be used for monitoring of traffic by drones. Traffic police have been instructed to not allow illegal vehicle marches by any groups or organisations.
CP Amitesh Kumar said that strict security measures would be taken by the police to ensure a peaceful Independence Day. Hotels and lodges are being inspected. Citizens should report any suspicious activity to the police control room or local police, the CP appealed.
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