Mumbai police personnel from the West Region comprising zones 9 and 10 were felicitated by Commissioner of Police Vivek Phansalkar on Friday for good crime detection and securing 148 convictions in the last five years.
๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐น
The event was held at Bandra Kurla Complex and appreciation certificates were awarded to 112 personnel, including Assistant Police Commissioners, Senior Police Inspectors, Police Inspectors, Assistant Police Inspectors, Police Sub-Inspectors and constables.
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด: ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ
Phansalkar said, โApart from prevention and detection of crimes, securing convictions of the guilty is very important to ensure justice. Itโs very challenging and tedious for the policemen, who also have to face top defence lawyers during trial.โ He also stressed on the need for higher convictions to get back the confidence of Mumbaikars in the police.
Phansalkar urged the personnel to work with a scientific temperament and ensure that each crime gets punished with proper investigation and paperwork to stand trial.
The highest number of convictions was by woman Police Inspector Sarla Vasave, who secured 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.
๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ
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
Vasave heads the Yellow Gate police station with jurisdiction over the Indian Ocean from Gujarat and Goa to Kerala. 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.
Assistant Police Commissioner Shailendra Dhivar
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
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
Kokate got three convictions in separate cases registered at Juhu police station between 2020 and 2022. His excellent probe and presentation of chargesheets with evidence led to convictions โ 12-year hard labour punishment, a 10-year jail term and another five-year imprisonment.
