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Major reshuffle expected in Maharashtra Police leadership

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

Give rent to farmers, Bawankule to VIDC

The Project Affected People (PAPs) of Gosekhurd, whose land have taken by the government but acquisition not fully completed, have been rehabilitated within periphery of 25 km. Guardian minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule ordered Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) to give rent of the acquired land to these farmers. A meeting was held on Wednesday in which MLAs Bachhu Kadu, Ramchand Awsare, District Collector Ashwin Mudgal were present.  In this project, 1204 hectares of land in Nagpur district and 884 hectares of land in Bhandara district have been proposed for land acquisition and a proposal has been sent to the government.  Once the water of Gosekhurd reaches level 244, the administration would understand the problems that would be faced by the villagers and PAPs. Similarly, a proposal for voluntary rehabilitation of 23 and 14 villages is underway. The compensation will be paid only to the PAPs who have gone to court in accordance with section 18 (A) of the Lan

Enjoying fruits of mediation in cities, but difficult in rural areas

Published on Jan 13, 2019 “We are enjoying the fruits of mediation process in the cities. However, it is difficult in rural areas to convince the litigants that mediation is one of the instruments to resolve the disputes amicably,” stated Justice Naresh Patil, Chief Justice of Bombay High Court and Patron-In-Chief of Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority (MSLSA) on Saturday.  He was delivering inaugural address at Regional Conference on “Mediation: Capacity Building, Issues and Challenges” organised by MSLSA and Main Mediation Monitoring Committee, Bombay High Court and Mediation Monitoring Sub-Committee, Nagpur in coordination with District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Nagpur at Hotel Centre Point on Saturday. Justice A S Oka, Justice B R Gavai, Justice R V More and Justice R K Deshpande were prominently present on the dais. Elaborating importance of mediation, Justice Patil further said, “if the matter is settled through mediation, both the parties are in a win-win

Youth murdered by friend for Rs 2,000

A youth was brutally murdered by his friend for not returning borrowed money worth Rs 2,000 in MIDC police station area. The body was hid under bricks near SRPF compound in Jaitala area.  The accused has been identified as Ajinkya Rajesh Telgote (19), a resident of Ramai Ambedkar Nagar, Jaitala while deceased is - Roshan Rajesh Nagrale (19), a resident of Gayatri Nagar. According to police, Ajinkya and Roshan were close friends. Ajinkya had lent Rs 2,000 to Roshan two months ago. However, Roshan failed to return the money due to his financial condition. This irked Ajinkya and he was used to pick quarrel with him over the issue. The duo picked a fight on Monday at 11 pm in which Ajinkya attacked Roshan with an iron rod. He was hit multiple times with the road by Ajinkya. He collapsed on the ground due to severe head injuries and succumbed to the injuries on the spot due to heavy blood loss.  Ajinkya had hidden the body in bushes and covered it with bricks.  The incident came to

Maruti Brezza set on fire in Nandanvan

Two goons torched a car Maruti Brezza car of a woman in Nandanvan area in wee hours of Tuesday. Bina Dilip Bashru (46), a resident Plot No. 592, Deshpande lay-out, near Hanuman temple had parked the car (MH-49/BB-7559) near the house. She along with family members were in slumber when the incident occurred at 3.30 am. Unidentified goons torched the car after pouring petrol over it. The car was badly damaged in the incident. Nandanvan police have registered the case under Sections 435 and 34 of Indian Penal Code.  Goon attempts to loot lottery centre in Ajni  A goon attempted to loot an owner of lottery centre with a toy gun at Tukdoji Putala Square in Ajni police station area on Wednesday night.  According to police, accused Ikshmuddin Neer Moiyuddin Sayyad (29), a resident of Bada Tajbagh, came to Sanjay lottery centre at 9.30 pm and threatened the owner - Satish Diwakar Nandurkar (35), a resident of Plot No. 76, Gajanan Nagar, Manewada with a toy gun. However, Nandurkar

Cops bust mobile theft racket, recover 19 phones

Staff of Pachpaoli police station with  arrested accused and seized mobile phones.  A gang of mobile thieves was busted by Pachpaoli police and recovered 19 stolen mobile phones worth Rs 2.70 lakh from their possession. The accused have stolen more than 200 mobile phones in last two years and disposed of in the Hydarabad.  The accused have been identified as Rupesh Vijay Kshirsagar (20) and Rajesh Baburao Meshram (18), both residents of Pawansut Nagar, Hudkeshwar.  According to police, the accused came under the police scanner when they had stolen a mobile phone of Sohel Jami Qureshi (22), a resident of Asi Nagar, on February 21. Sohel had gone to Jaswant Tuli mall where the theft took place.  During investigation, the police identified the accused and picked them from the residence. The interrogation of the accused revealed that they were stealing mobile phones across the city from last two years. “The accused are the part of seven-member gang of mobile thieves. They

Man dies after motorcycle skids on road

A man was died after his motorcycle skidded on the Teka Naka road in Pachpaoli area.  The deceased was identified as Harish Shamalal Dahel (30), a resident of NIT Quarter B/71, Nari Road, Jaripatka. According to police, Dahel was passing through Teka Naka road on Monday at 1 pm when his motorcycle skidded. He sustained severe head injuries in the mishap. He was rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to the injuries on Thursday at 12.21 am. Pachpaoli police have registered a case of accidental death.  Boy drown in nullah  A 19-year-old boy drowned in a nullah during immersion of a Ganesh idol in New Kamptee police station area on Thursday.  The deceased h   been identified as Kunal Haribhau Umredkar, a resident of Labh Laxmi Nagar, Kalamna Naka Number 4. According to police, the incident occurred at 11.30 am when Kuhal had gone for immersion of a Ganesh idol at Kalamna-Kamptee road nullah.  The  New Kamptee police have registered a case of accidental death. Further inv

Three houses burgled in Narsala

Three houses burgled in Narsala area of Hudkeshwar police station. In all, the victims lost booty collectively worth Rs one lakh to the burglars.  According to the police, the theft took place between 12 noon of Wednesday and 9 am of Thursday. The accused have stolen gold ornaments and cash collectively worth Rs 38,100 from the house of Khushal Janglu Bahe (44), at Radha Nagar, Narsala; booty worth Rs 38,500 from the house of Narendra Pandurang Girde, at Plot No. 2, Ambikar Nagar, Narsala and Rs 10,000 cash and gold ornaments worth Rs 18,200 from the house of Shrikrishna Gopalrao Khdkar (38).  The thieves entered the house after breaking-open latch. A police officer informed that the residents were not present in the house when the burglars struck at the houses.  An offence under Sections 454, 457 and 380 of Indian Penal Code was registered against unidentified persons. House burgled in Koradi Gold ornaments and cash collectively worth Rs 3.30 lakh were stolen from a hou