In a bid to overcome shortage of constables in the Mumbai Police force, the state government has given the nod to outsource 3,000 personnel from the Maharashtra State Security Corporation (MSSC)
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In a bid to overcome shortage of constables in the Mumbai Police force, the state government has given the nod to outsource 3,000 personnel from the Maharashtra State Security Corporation (MSSC), an official said on Tuesday.
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The state home department issued an order to this effect on Monday, he said.
The Mumbai Police force is facing manpower crunch for day-to-day duties as 10,000 posts of constables have been lying vacant against the sanctioned 40,626 posts, the order mentioned.
Following an order of the state government in January 2021, the Mumbai Police initiated the recruitment process for 7,076 posts of constables and 994 police drivers.
These personnel will be inducted into the force in two years after rigorous training, as per the order.
After filling these posts, there is still a shortage of 3,000 personnel.
To overcome this, the Mumbai Police commissioner had made a formal request to the state home department to get 3,000 personnel from the MSSC.
Accordingly, the state government gave its sanction to outsource 3,000 personnel from the MSSC for a period of 11 months, the order said.
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The home department also asked the Mumbai Police commissioner and the MSSC to take necessary steps to outsource the manpower, the order stated.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) functionary Suraj Chavan on Monday appeared before the Mumbai Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) which questioned him for nearly 6 hours as part of its probe into alleged irregularities in the Rs 1,2024-crore worth work contracts of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), an official said.
Chavan, a close aide of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aditya Thackeray, appeared before SIT members at the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) office in the Mumbai Police Commissioner's office compound in south Mumbai to record his statement, the official said.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) functionary was questioned for nearly 6 hours and he will be called again by the SIT if required, he said.
Last month, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at 15 locations, including Chavan's residence in suburban Chembur, in connection with a money laundering case related to alleged 'irregularities' in setting up jumbo COVID-19 treatment centres in Mumbai during the pandemic.
The ED had then also questioned Chavan in the case.
The central agency last week arrested businessman Sujit Patkar, a friend of Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, and Dahisar jumbo COVID-19 centre dean Dr Kishore Bisure in connection with that case.
The ED has helped the SIT in the probe and shared information with them in the case in which Patkar has been arrested, said an EOW official. (PTI)
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