Nagpur: Police have booked Maharashtra's Director General of Police Sanjeev Dayal and senior officials of the government under a special Act following a complaint lodged against them by a top prison official for allegedly delaying his promotion.
The officials were booked on Tuesday under the provisions of Prevention of Atrocities Act against Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes, police said on Wednesday.
Deputy Inspector General of Prisons (Eastern Region), Shashikant Shinde, who was promoted in 2010 to the present post, had filed a complaint with Dhantoli Police in Nagpur recently against the officers, including Principal Home Secretary Kailash Bilonkar, the then Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Umesh Sarangi and Mantralaya official RM Deshmukh.
As police did not initiate any action, he moved the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) presided over by AH Kashikar who asked the cops to register offences against the DGP and other respondents after ordering a probe. ...
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09:30 PM, May 15, 2013
Moga: An NRI, accused of killing a former MLA and father of ex-Punjab DGP in 1991, was on Wednesday acquitted of the charge by a local court, which held that the Canadian was falsely implicated in the case. Jagdev Singh was booked on the charge of killing NS Gill, a former MLA and father of ex Punjab DGP PS Gill. District and Sessions Judge Karamjit Singh Kang held that the...
02:30 AM, May 09, 2013
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has summoned the Bihar Police chief to appear before it for failing to submit a report on a minor girl missing since September 18, 2012. The NHRC has asked Director General of Police Abhyanand to appear before it personally at its office in New Delhi on May 3. ...
06:35 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir government has asked state Director General of Police Ashok Prasad to conduct a detailed inquiry into the suicide attack on a CRPF camp and killing of a youth in alleged firing by security forces on Wednesday. ...
11:31 AM, Mar 14, 2013
The Centre on Tuesday gave into the demands of state governments opposing the ambitious setting up of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and said the proposed intelligence agency will not have the right to make arrests without the states' permission, sources said. NCTC will also be placed outside the purview of the Intelligence Bureau, sources added. ...
05:38 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday met Director Generals of Police and Home Secretaries from all the states over providing more security to women. Several aspects of crimes against women were discussed at the meeting in the national capital. ...
06:10 PM, Jan 04, 2013
A Facebook post, subsequent arrest and a high level inquiry later, charges have finally been dropped against the 21-year-old. This past week, the girl and her family were attacked, her friend who liked the post was also traumatised, but both stood by their statements. ...
08:00 PM, Nov 24, 2012
While the DGP ordered a probe into the arrest of the girls, sources in Home Ministry said they were closely monitoring the case. ...
11:51 PM, Nov 19, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai police on Monday arrested a 21-year-old girl from Thane for questioning the total shutdown in the city for Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray's funeral on her Facebook account. Another girl who 'liked' the comment was also arrested. However, both the girls were later released on bail. The funeral of Bal Thackeray was described by the Mumbai police commissioner as the biggest challenge in the history of the...
09:39 PM, Nov 19, 2012
New Delhi: The West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) has warned that the Maoists have links with Pakistan spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). According to sources in the Home Ministry, the observation was made by the West Bengal DGP at a meet on Naxals. The Bengal police chief said at the meeting that the Pakistani spy agency was supporting Maoists in the state. He also said that SIMI groups...
07:24 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Chandigarh: Rattled by increasing number of rape cases in Haryana, DGP Ranjiv Singh Dalal on Monday said SPs and SHOs have been directed to tour rural areas to take action against vagabonds. The directive comes after dozen cases of rape were reported in the state within a month. Two days ago, a teenage Dalit girl immolated herself after allegedly being gangraped in Jind district. The DGP said all possible steps...
09:05 PM, Oct 08, 2012
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday defended the Director General of Police Abhay Anand for justifying videography of the riots perpetrated by the supporters of the slain Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh alias Mukhiyaji on the streets here instead of taking action against the rioters on June two last. "The restraint shown by the district police at the behest of the DGP was fully justified in view of...
04:25 AM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday expressed concern over an increase in the communal incidents in the country and the misuse of social media. Here is the full speech: It is more than 150 years since the Police Act came into force. The story of our police forces during this period is marked by countless examples of courage, valour, and sacrifice. Thousands of our policemen and women have...
01:16 PM, Sep 08, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that social media is the new challenge that the national security faces and a system needs to be put in place to stop its misuse. "The use of bulk SMSes and social media to aggravate the communal situation is a new challenge that the recent disturbances have thrown before us. We need to fully understand how these new media are used...
01:09 PM, Sep 08, 2012
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition of the state government challenging the CAT order which had set aside the appointment of V Dinesh Reddy as the Director General of Police and directed it to complete the process of appointing a new DGP within two weeks. The High Court upheld the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order that due procedure was not followed in the appointment of...
03:39 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Mumbai: The man who stood up to US Secret Service Agents and refused to take orders from them when US President Barack Obama visited India in November 2010, will be serving as Director General of Police (DGP) of the state for the next three years. No-nonsense officer Sanjeev Dayal, from 1977-batch IPS cadre, who has been known for his impeccable image, took over from predecessor K Subramanyam, who retired on...
05:09 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Assam DGP Jayanta Choudhury has said that forces have been deployed despite difficult terrain to control the violence. ...
11:25 PM, Jul 25, 2012
Speaking to Rajdeep Sardesai, Assam DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhary said he could not afford to get emotional about the Guwahati molestation. ...
08:03 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Kochi: In a shocking revelation, at least 533 officials in Kerala Police have criminal cases lodged against them. The officials from civil police officer to IGP are among those who are in the list, according to information collected from the police headquarters by advocate DB Binu, General Secretary of Human Rights Defence Forum, under the Right to Information Act. The details of the police officers involved in criminal cases were...
07:56 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Srinagar: The name of Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Kuldeep Khoda is believed to have been recommended by the state government for the post of state's first Chief Vigilance Commissioner. The 1974-batch IPS officer of J&K cadre, Khoda, who retires in three days time, has been named for the position of CVC while two others RK Jerath and Syed Khan have been recommended for being members of the...
11:13 PM, May 28, 2012
