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Cop arrested for stealing pistol
With temptation only an arm8217;s length away, constable Prakash Padve stole a 9mm pistol from the Naigaon police armoury and sold it for Rs 50,000 before being caught while trying to hawk it to a businessman at Ghatkopar on Tuesday. Padve, with the Pant Nagar police, has been remanded to police custody, according to Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone VI, R Kedare.
Some of the weapons are even lying in a partly dismantled state. However, sources at the Naigaon police armoury say that while some of the spares 8212; otherwise notavailable in the armoury8217;s inventory 8212; could be manufactured at any local machine shop, most police officers transferred to the arms section have little knowledge of weapons and their spares. This only adds to the problem. At times, the officers are busy attending to court cases and have little little time to inspect the inventory.
Special vigil against ISI
The Maharashtra police have geared up for the ensuing polls in the state, especially in wake of the Kargil conflict and the threat from the Inter-Services Intelligence ISI, chief electoral officer Dr D K Sankaran said. Adequate security arrangements have been made throughout the state, and additional deployment will be made during polls, he noted, adding that Maharashtra has an excellent track record of conducting free and fair polls.
Taking into consideration the post-Kargil scenario and activities of the ISI, the security concern is neither compromised nor downgraded. At the same time, we are committed to conduct free and fair polls inthe state, additional director general of police law and order S S Puri said. He said recently ISI agents have been nabbed in Mumbai and Pune.
