The 1972 batch IPS officer was removed from the post in February last year after the court deemed his appointment as DGP in February 2008 as invalid. Terming Roy's appointment as arbitrary, the court had asked Maharashtra government to appoint a new DGP within four weeks.
With Maharashtra Director General of Police A N Roy retiring this month-end, Director General (Anti Corruption Bureau) Hasan Gafoor has emerged the frontrunner for the top post, given his seniority, home department sources said.
The state government will decide on the appointment of new DGP within a month.
The issue of sacking Director General of Police A N Roy triggered the noisy scenes in ongoing Maharashtra Assembly session today in Nagpur, leading to house adjournment twice.
The Maharashtra government will set up a special court in consultation with the chief justice of Bombay High Court, to try cases related to the Mumbai terror attack, state Home Minister Jayant Patil said on Wednesday.Patil also said that the chargesheet against perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks will be filed within seven days. Advocate Ujwal Nikam, who shot to fame during the 1993 serial blasts trial, has been appointed as special public prosecutor in the case.
The Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party combined opposition on Tuesday took the Maharashtra government to task for the Mumbai terror attacks and demanded removal of state's Director General of Police A N Roy and Mumbai Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor for alleged lapses.The BJP sought a probe into utilisation of funds given by the Centre to deal with possible terror attacks through sea routes following an intelligence report. The removal of Home Secretary was also made.
Top executives from Hindustan Unilever (HUL) including chairman Harish Manwani and Nitin Paranjpe, managing director are in the Taj Hotel. Top officials from Ispat Industries are in The Trident, according to media reports. The Ispat office at Nariman point is closed today.
All hostages at Taj Hotel in Mumbai have been rescued, but there could be some still trapped at Trident hotel and Nariman House where operations were on to flush out terrorists, Maharashtra police chief A N Roy said on Thursday, ruling out any negotiations with the terrorists.
Jadhav, a 1973 batch IPS officer, was earlier Pune police commissioner.
Hailing the Bombay High Court's verdict setting aside the appointment of A N Roy as the Maharashtra Director General of Police, the Shiv Sena on Friday renewed its demand for the removal of state Home Secretary Chitkala Zutshi for the 'failure of bureaucracy' to ensure law and order. "Roy enjoyed political patronage that led to his illegal appointment as the top cop. He continues to stick to his chair despite a rap from the Central Administrative Tribunal," it said.
'The persons who are arrested are the ones who have played an active role in the blasts.' Maharashtra Director General of Police A N Roy defends the investigation into the July 11, 2006 blasts in Mumbai.
'The time has come for us to work for change and we will.'
Hours after the last three terrorists were eliminated in Taj Mahal Hotel, Maharashtra Director General of Police A N Roy said his force would do whatever it could to catch the perpetrators of the terror strikes in Mumbai. "We have knocked down many and we will catch the rest," Roy said, when asked about the strategies being taken to arrest the people behind the terror acts in the metropolis
A high alert has been issued in Mumbai and across Maharashtra following serial blasts in New Delhi, Director General of Police A N Roy said."We have all high security in place for the final day of Ganeshotsav immersions on Sunday and we have issued an alert across the state in light of the blasts," Roy said.
The sketches have been prepared based on information gathered from people residing near the area where the incident took place.
They have been arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch.
7/11: Home secy given evidence of Pak hand
The conspiracy was hatched in Mumbai and adjoining areas after taking training in Bahawalpur in Pakistan.
He has assured them that there is no bias against Muslims in the 7/11 investigations.
No link has been established to the Mumbai train blasts.
All six suspected Lashkar-e-Tayiba members, arrested in connection with the July 11 serial blasts in Mumbai, are likely to be subjected to scientific tests including narco-analysis.
Nilesh Rane's car hit and injured a policeman at Carter Road in suburban Khar
The gutka barons are accused of setting up a factory for Dawood in Karachi.
The terrorists, who were carrying arms and ammunition, were intercepted by the Mumbai police's anti-terrorist squad, which arrested them
A television channel put the blasts' number at eight
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Outgoing Commissioner P S Pasricha handed over the charge to Roy at the Crawford Market city police headquarters.
Authorities issued an alert asking people not to venture out of their homes unless it was absolutely essential.
Police sources said the woman's claim that she was administered a drink spiked with drug, 'may not be true,' and that she could have been lured in an inebriated condition.
Daya Nayak is facing allegations of colluding with the underworld.
The operation, carried out by all additional police commissioners in assistance with DCPs, was supervised by Police Commissioner A N Roy.
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