Mumbai’s new police chief saved lives in 26/11 terror attacks
The Hindu
Senior IPS officer Hemant Nagrale, who was on Wednesday appointed the new Police Commissioner of Mumbai, saved lives during the 26/11 terror attacks by recovering a bag containing RDX near the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in south Mumbai and shifting it to a safer place.
Mr. Nagrale, who was holding additional charge as State Director General of Police, got the Mumbai Police chief’s post after the Maharashtra government transferred Param Bir Singh and posted him to the State Home Guard over his handling of the security scare outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s house. Mr. Singh, one of the last serving ‘encounter specialists’ in the Mumbai Police, was transferred within a year of his appointment. However, as the city police chief, he oversaw important cases such as fake followers of celebrities on social media, the arrest of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in the architect Anvay Naik suicide case and the TRP manipulation scam involving news channels.More Related News