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 ...
By Dheeraj Fartode This could be a super script for a thriller movie!! Drama, abduction and thrill at every moment keeps oneself gripped throughout the story. But the only missing element in the story is police action. A Haryana man posing as a businessman rings in a Nagpurian businessman and offers an attractive deal for sale of waste material of tyres. To ensure that the offer is real the businessman here received images of the material on WhatsApp. The Nagpurian businessman decides to explore the deal and sent his son to visit Haryana to negotiate for purchasing the material. The moment the businessman's son lands in Haryana a roller coaster of events starts recalling which the son is scared to death. The son gets abducted by armed men who then asks for ransom of Rs. 10 lakh and tells the businessman that if the money is not paid the former would be eliminated. A senior police officer admitted that many city businessman were duped in similar way but so far only three hav...