Mumbai CP Vivek Phansalkar Felicitates Police Personnel for good crime detection and conviction
Mumbai CP Vivek Phansalkar Felicitates Police Personnel for good crime detection and conviction
No doubt about the fact, Mumbai Police Personnel have been doing exceptional service round the clock to minimise crime in Mumbai City and Suburbs.
At an event held at BKC Bandra East on Friday 3 February, notably, the Mumbai Commissioner of Police Vivek Phansalkar felicitated Police Personnel from West Region comprising zones 9 and 10 for their sincere hard work for detection of crime and convictions and for and securing 148 convictions in the last five years.
He also felicitated 112 police personnel, including Assistant Police Commissioners, Senior Police Inspectors, Police Inspectors, Assistant Police Inspectors, Police Sub-Inspectors and constables with appreciation certificates.
Speaking at the event the CP articulated that securing conviction is important as it is challenging too.
He went on to add that besides prevention and detection of crimes, securing convictions of the guilty is very important to ensure justice. It’s very challenging and tedious for the policemen, who also have to face top defence lawyers amid trial and as well stressed on the need for higher convictions to win the confidence of Mumbaikars in the police.
He even urged the personnel to work with a scientific temperament ensuring that each crime gets punished with proper investigation and paperwork to stand trial.
He pointed out that the highest number of convictions was by woman Police Inspector Sarla Vasave, in securing nine convictions between 2017 and 2019 while being posted at Powai Police Station, followed by three convictions by Police Inspector Rajendra Kane at Bandra and Khar police stations between 2017 and 2022.
In zone 9 (eight police stations from Bandra to Oshiwara), 33 officers were felicitated for securing convictions in 42 criminal cases, while in zone 10 (six police stations from Andheri to Powai), 28 police officers were awarded with appreciation certificates for securing convictions in 39 cases.
Apart from police officers, 51 constables were also felicitated by Phansalkar, who was accompanied by Special Police Commissioner Deven Bharati, Joint Police Commissioner (Law and Order) Satyanarayan Chaudhari, Additional Police Commissioner (crime) Dynaneshwar Chavan and Additional Police Commissioner West Region Paramjit Singh Dahiya.
Senior Police Inspector Sarla Vasave who heads the Yellow Gate police station with jurisdiction over the Indian Ocean from Gujarat and Goa to Kerala was also felicitated.
She has the distinction of securing the highest number of convictions while being posted at the Powai Police Station between 2017 to 2019 in nine cases of POCSO Act. The CP gave special appreciation to the lady officer for her dedication in protecting minors from sexual offences and ensuring the cases were fast-tracked. She meticulously investigated and filed chargesheets in nine cases of rapes and sexual offences against minors, securing convictions and sentences ranging from nine years to life imprisonments in all the cases.
Asstt.Police Commissioner Shailendra Dhivar was felicitated for securing life imprisonment conviction in the sensational double murder case of 2019. Dhivar was posted as Police Inspector at Juhu when the double murder of a woman and her servant rocked the suburbs. He managed to crack the case and tracked the accused Nepali national. The sessions court awarded life imprisonment to the accused.
Police Inspector Rajendra Kane
popular for his Police Bappa Ganpati, was decorated for securing three convictions, including a life imprisonment, a 10-year rigorous jail term and a seven-year term, in different cases at Bandra and Khar police stations between 2017 and 2020.
Assistant Police Inspector Saurabh Kokate too was felicitated for securing three convictions in separate cases registered at Juhu police station between 2020 and 2022. His excellence in probe and presentation of chargesheets with evidence led to convictions – 12-year hard labour punishment, a 10-year jail term and another five-year imprisonment.
News Input K.V.Raman
