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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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‘Operation Shodh’ : 274 persons including 15 girls are missing from Nagpur

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Whopping 1,558 persons went missing from Nagpur city in the first five months of this year, of which, 1,284 persons returned to their home on their own or traced by the police. However, 274 persons including 16 children are still missing from the city and no one knows about their whereabouts. The shocking information came to fore during ‘Operation : Shodh’ implemented by the City police to trace the missing persons. A total of 736 women, 668 men and 154 children went missing from Nagpur city till May this year. As per the police records, 1,284 are returned to their home. However, 127 women, 131 men and 16 children are still missing. Commissioner of Police (CP) Amitsh Kumar said that the police station officers were tasked to reach each and every house of the missing person last month. A total of 1,284 persons returned home after they went missing for a brief period. However, 17.58 per cent missing persons are yet to be traced by the family members or the police, the CP said. Of these m
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Goon Abu Khan arrested after seven months' chase

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Goon Abu Khan Wanted criminal and drug trafficker Abu alias Feroze Khan was arrested by a special team of DCP (Zone IV) Noorul Hasan from Basura Tola area of Bhandara after seven months of a chase. Abu was operating one of the major drug trafficking networks in Central India and many criminals were working with him to handle the anti-social activities, police said.   “Abu, a notorious history-sheeter in over 50 criminal offences, was arrested after working simultaneously on his call detail records (CDR), Internet Protocol Detail Record (IPDR) and human intelligence for the past few months,” stated DCP Hasan. Abu was on the run from November last year after he was booked under stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for grabbing properties of many persons in Motha Tajbagh area. During the absconding period, he had taken shelters at Gadchiroli, Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Amravati, Bhandara and Umred and other states too. Last month, a police team reached Ahmedabad where Abu
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‘Jail Wapsi’ : Police catches 62 prisoners released on parole during Covid pandemic

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The Nagpur City police have caught 62 prisoners of Central Jail who did not return to the jail despite their parole period being over. These prisoners were released by the State on parole in 2020 to decongest jails during the Covid-19 pandemic. Commissioner of Police (CP) Amitesh Kumar said that the special operation was conducted to catch these prisoners released on parole. The list of such prisoners was procured from the Central Jail and all police station officers were tasked to catch the prisoners. The police staff visited the residences of these prisoners and took them into the jail. “We have managed to catch 62 prisoners who were not returned to jail despite their parole period being over. Ten such prisoners are yet to be caught,” he said, adding that some of them are ailing and bed-ridden. The police have prepared a list of 48 prisoners whose parole will be over this month. The concerned police station officers have been tasked to send the prisoner back to jail on the last day o
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