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Mumbai: Deven Bharti takes charge as Special Commissioner

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Special Commissioner of Police Deven Bharti took charge on Thursday and began his day by tweeting, “MumbaiPolice is a Team. Singhams don’t exist.” At 11 am, he met Commissioner of Police Vivek Phansalkar at the Mumbai Police Headquarters and then went to the office of Law and Order on the second floor of the old building to take charge as his office space hasn’t been decided yet.

Later in the day, Bharti inspected the Mumbai Police Control Room, which is housed in a six-storey building in the compound of the Mumbai Police Head Office. There are over 5,500 CCTV cameras installed in Mumbai and their output is received at the control room.

Joint Commissioners of Police to now report to Bharti

The Mumbai police have five Joint Commissioners of Police who look after law and order, crime, administration, traffic and economic offences. All of them will now report to Bharti, who is an Additional Director General rank official.

Mumbai’s first special Commissioner of Police (CP) Deven Bharti is back in the reckoning after almost three years in the side-lines as the Joint Managing Director of the Maharashtra State Security Corporation.

Maharashtra created new post to accommodate Bharti

The State Government created the new special CP post to accommodate the 54-year-old Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1994 batch. The post is on the lines of similar positions in Delhi, Kolkata, and Bengaluru police. It is meant to streamline the functioning of the Mumbai Police Commissionerate and assist Commissioner of Police Vivek Phansalkar.

Even though Bharti’s role hasn’t been spelt out clearly, it is learnt that the Joint Commissioners of Police will report to him and he will, in turn, report to the CP. The exact responsibilities are likely to be spelled and clarified in the next few days.

Who is Deven Bharti?

A Delhi School of Economics graduate, Bharti hails from Darbhanga, Bihar. He completed his schooling from Jharkhand. He has held several important and sensitive posts in the Mumbai Police. He first became the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP, zone 7) for Bandra and Andheri.

Other posts were DCP Crime Branch, Additional CP (Crime Branch), and subsequently Joint CP (Law and order)during the ShivSena-BJP regime of Devendra Fadnavis. He also held the important post of special Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) and was later promoted as Additional Director General of Police to head the elite Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS).

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Sameer Wankhede targeted in The Baddest of Bollywood; Delhi High Court orders removal of objectionable content from controversial series in defamation case

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Mumbai: The Mumbai-Delhi High Court has strongly criticized Red Chillies Entertainment Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri Khan and others in the defamation case against NCB Zonal Director IRS officer Sameer Wankhede and said that artistic freedom does not mean mocking a person. After this, the High Court has ordered that the controversial footage related to Sameer Wankhede be removed from the controversial Netflix series The Bads of Bollywood. Sameer Wankhede had filed a petition in the High Court and pleaded that his character has been killed in The Bads of Bollywood and this series has been made to target him. The purpose is to humiliate and mock Sameer Wankhede. After watching some parts of this series, the High Court has ordered the removal of the controversial parts from the film.

Sameer Wankhede’s lawyer had told the court that the character portrayed in the film is a comparison to Sameer Wankhede and that this series has been created with the intention of tarnishing Wankhede’s image. The Bads of Bollywood is malicious, therefore, the above-mentioned controversial scenes and objectionable dialogues should be deleted from the series, on which the court has issued an order to delete the controversial and objectionable content and content. Earlier, while hearing Sameer Wankhede’s petition, the court had sent notices to Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies, Netflix, Meta, and social media platforms and directed them to file a response. To this, Red Chillies had called the film and series a drama and made it clear that it had nothing to do with the facts. However, despite this, the Delhi High Court inquired whether a film drama does not mean that someone’s character is killed and said this, it reprimanded Shah Rukh Khan and the film company. Sameer Wankhede tried to prove through his argument that the character portrayed in the film resembles Sameer Wankhede and that this character has been portrayed in a negative way to target him and in this, an attempt has been made to make fun of Sameer Wankhede through this character, which has humiliated Wankhede, which the court has accepted and issued a directive to delete the objectionable and controversial content. This is a big success for Sameer Wankhede, while Shah Rukh Khan has suffered a huge setback.

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Mumbai arms supplier arrested from Ghatkopar depot

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Mumbai: Police has claimed to have arrested an arms supplier from Ghatkopar Bus Depot who had come here to supply arms to Mumbai. The Mumbai Police Ghatkopar Anti-Gang Squad received information about this. The police laid a trap and took the accused into custody and recovered two country-made pistols and four live cartridges from his possession. During the investigation, the police asked him his name and he revealed his name as Ajay Kailash, a resident of Ujjain. The police have registered a case in this matter and started the investigation. Pantnagar Police has started the investigation in this matter to find out from where the accused had brought the arms to supply arms. This action was taken by DCP Rakesh Ola on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti.

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Thane: Man Stabbed To Death In Dombivali Hotel After Minor Altercation

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Thane: A man was stabbed to death in Dombivali in Thane district during an altercation after he accidentally brushed against another person, a police official said on Monday.

The incident took place in a hotel in the early hours of Sunday in MIDC Phase 1 area, the Manpada police station official said.

“Akash Bhanu Singh (38) and his friends were having dinner at the hotel when he accidentally brushed against the accused, who picked up a fight. He along with some others stabbed Singh to death. Two of Singh’s friends, who tried to save him, also sustained injuries and have been hospitalised,” the official said.

Four persons were booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections for murder and other offences, though no arrest has been made, he said.

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