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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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CP’s notification on Ganga-Jamuna closure challenged in HC as PIL

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THE ‘permanent closure of prostitution in Ganga-Jamuna’ notification issued by Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar was challenged before the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court, on Tuesday. The court directed the writ petition to be registered as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and allowed the petitioner to make necessary amendments. The petitioner Mukesh Shahu, through his counsels Adv Chandrashekhar Sakhare and Adv Priti Phadake, challenged the notification of Nagpur Police issued under Section 7(1) (b) of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act (PITA). The notification declared various religious premises, schools and offices in the red-light area as ‘public places’ and banned prostitution within 200 metres of such places. The petition said that the notification violated the fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14, 19 of the Constitution of India. The right to reside in the rooms of the notified areas is a fundamental right of the prostitutes/sex workers and they cannot be prevent
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Arifical Intelligence equipped cameras to count devotees coming to Deekshabhoomi

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Deekshabhoomi Nagpur Digital cameras equipped with Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been installed at the entry and exit points of Stupa (sanctum sanctorum) at Deekshabhoomi for Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din bandoabst that will count the devotees visited the Stupa, said Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar.   This is the first time in the history of Nagpur police that the AI equipped cameras would be used for monitoring of bandobast. Interacting with newspersons, CP Kumar said that the cameras were procured from Mumbai. “The cameras were widely used for traffic management when I was serving in Mumbai police. While planning the bandoabst of Deekshabhoomi, it came to my mind to use AI equipped cameras,” the CP said. Four such cameras have been installed at Deekshabhoomi - two at entry points of stupa and two at exit points. Apart from calculating persons entered and exited from the Stupa, it will also show the live number of persons present inside the Stupa, the CP said. Apart from these
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Maharashra Police set to adopt ‘Constable First’ initiative of IGP Prasanna

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IGP K M Mallikarjuna Prasanna CONSTABLE is the face and voice of the police force for the masses. Quality of services rendered by the police depends mainly on the physical, mental and emotional state of the police personnel. In simple terms, if a constable is happy, he will serve the public better. Understanding the need of revitalising the level of police machinery for optimum results, Special Inspector General of Police (Spl IGP) K M Mallikarjuna Prasanna implemented ‘Constable first’ initiative in Aurangabad Range in October 2020. It has showed great results and now Maharashtra Police have decided to adopt it as a model project to revitalise the force. Prasanna was IGP Nagpur Range before taking reins of Aurangabad Range. Within a year, the project gave enormous results and showed an impressive boost in morale of police force with service delivery, disposal of cases, increase in conviction rate and detection rate. Observing results of the project, the State police bosses ha
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Heavy police bandobast for Navratri festival

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During the Navratri festival, Dhammachakra Pravartan Din and Ravan Dahah, the police would step up their vigil and remain extra alert from Thursday. Nagpur City Police have drawn out a bandobast plan to implement Covid protocol during the festivity as per the guidelines issued by the State government. A total of 436 Durga Mandals have applied for permission to the police. Commissioner of Police (CP) Amitesh Kumar informed ‘The Hitavada’ that to ensure law and order during festival time with Covid appropriate behaviour, more than 3,000 policemen, 300 officers, a company of SRPF, 800 homeguards would be deployed in the city.  Children below 18 years of age and people above 65 years will not be allowed in the temples and pandals, he said, adding that vaccination certificates are mandatory for Darshan for the age-group of 19 to 64. CP Amitesh Kumar, Joint CP Aswati Dorje and Superintendent of Police Vijay Kumar Magar have planned the security arrangements in the city and district. During N
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UP ATS arrest a doctor from Yavatmal district under anti-conversion law

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On 10-08-21 Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh police arrested a doctor from Pusad town of Yavatmal district in connectin with a case registered at Gomti Nagar police station under anti-conversion law. It may be mentioned that three persons were arrested by UP ATS from Nagpur and Gadchiroli on July 17 in the same case. The accused person was identified as Dr. Faraz Shah Karamat Shah (27), a resident of Vasant Nagar, Pusad. A police official informed that Faraz was working with Shah Hospital at Pusad with his relatives after completing MBBS course from Government Medical College Akola in 2012. As per the records of Yavatmal police, Faraz was not a member of any organisation. The UP ATS had arrested some persons last month in Delhi and had claimed that a nation-wide racket of religious conversions was busted. The police had recovered a register with details of over 1,000 persons, including their names and addresses, from Maharashtra, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi. So
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Nagpur police seals Ganja Jamuna, posse of 100 policemen deployed

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On 12 - 08 - 2021 DCP (Zone III) Lohit Matani instructing police staff before the action. Notorious red-light area Ganga Jamuna in East Nagpur was sealed by the City police on Wednesday. Commissioner of Police (CP) Amitesh Kumar imposed Section 144 Code of Criminal Procedure in the area after which movement of other persons would be restricted here. Layers of barricades were laid out at both ends of 12 lanes of the area and a posse of 100 police personnel deployed round the clock for the bandobast. The police are also using drones to keep en eagle eye on the internal movement in the lanes of the area. CP Amitesh Kumar said that the action was initiated after receiving a number of complaints by the residents. The prostitution rackets have spoiled the social atmosphere so much that even the relatives of citizens refrained from coming to their homes. Even young son/daughter of families living near the area do not get married easily, the CP said, adding that young girls are being forced in
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Man killed over borrowed money

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A 30-year-old man was killed by two persons over an issue of borrowed money in the Narkhed police station area. The Local Crime Branch (LCB) have arrested Anwar Sheikh Sheikh Gaffur (20) and Rajesh Suresh Dhurwe (21), both residents of Warud town of Amravati district for the murder of Shahzad Layik Sheikh (30), a resident of Narkhed. According to police, accused Anwar runs a chicken shop while Shahzad is a construction worker. Anwar had borrowed Rs 3,000/- from Shahzad. As Anwar was not returning money, Shahzad abused him during a quarrel that broke out near Mowad village late Monday night. During the quarrel, Anawar and Rajesh killed Shahzad by smashing his head with a boulder. The body was found on Tuesday morning. After identifying the deceased, the LCB team arrested the accused within six hours and booked them under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code.
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