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Major reshuffle expected in Maharashtra Police leadership

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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
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JeM terrorist was preparing for ‘fidayeen’ attack at RSS HQ

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THE Pakistan-based handlers of the recently arrested Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist in Jammu & Kashmir were preparing him to carry out ‘fidayeen’ attack at headquarters of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Mahal. Before getting the final assignment, the youth was sent to Nagpur to conduct reconnaissance of RSS headquarters and Dr. Hedgewar Smriti Bhavan in Reshimbagh to get familiar with it and around areas, a police official privy to the investigation said.
According to information gathered from the arrested terrorist, a person named Omar, who is operational commander of JeM’s Nawabpur (Pakistan)-based terrorist launching pad, was the handler of Raees Ahmed Sheikh Asadulla Sheikh.
Sources said that Raees came to Nagpur by a Delhi-Mumbai-Nagpur flight on July 13 and checked into a hotel in Sitabuldi area. On July 14, Raees took an autorickshaw and reached Badkas Chowk with the help of Google Map. His target was to conduct recce of six lanes connecting the RSS headquarters. However, after observing police patrolling and a huge number of cops deployed for security, he did not dare to enter the lanes.
Later, Raees went near Smruti Mandir where he shot a video of CRPF camp and policemen deployed on the gate. He shared the video to Omar on WhatsApp. The video was not clear as it was taken from a long distance. Omar, in the WhatsApp chat, pressured Raees to take more videos. However, Raees panicked and told Omar that his data balance was over and switched off the phone. Soon after, he returned to the hotel and visited a Masjid where a Maulana gave him a ‘Tabij’. On July 15, Raees returned to Srinagar by a Nagpur-Delhi-Srinagar flight, the official said.
The official further said that Raees (26), a resident of Khati Mohalla, Chandara, Awantipora town of Pulwama district in J&K, was technically sound in electrical work. After getting him recruited in Jaish-e-Mohammad, Omar was sure to engage him in ‘fidayeen’ attack.
Commissioner of Police (CP) Amitesh Kumar said that Raees was interrogated by the team of Crime Branch led by DCP Detection Chinmay Pandit in Kashmir and the video was also recovered from his mobile phone.
After getting concrete evidence from J&K Police and Intelligence agencies in this regard, a case under relevant sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act has been registered against Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) at Kotwali Police Station.
City police have also tightened security in and around the RSS headquarters and Smriti Mandir. Alert has been sounded in the department to dig out more information about movement of the terrorist during his stay in Nagpur.

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