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The Unit came to be known as the "Encounter Squad" because of its involvement in the encounter killings. It came into prominence in the 1980s and 1990s, when they started dealing with Dawood Ibrahim 's D-Company gang, the Arun Gawali gang and the Amar Naik gang.
Mumbai Police (Marathi: मुंबई पोलीस, IAST: Mumbaī Pulīs, officially Greater Mumbai Police, formerly Bombay Police) is the police department of the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is a part of Maharashtra Police and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation within the limits of Mumbai. [20]
Mumbai Police Headquarters, opposite Crawford Market. The Mumbai Police Headquarters are in a Grade II-A listed heritage building that was built in 1894 and designed by John Adams, who also designed the Royal Bombay Yacht Club. It is located opposite Crawford Market in South Mumbai, a mile away from the Victoria Terminus. The construction work ...
Daya Nayak joined the Bombay Police now known Mumbai Police as a trainee with the rank of Sub-Inspector in 1995. After completing his training, he was posted to the Juhu police station in 1996. His first encounter killing happened on the night of 31 December, where he had opened fire upon a few gangsters.
Karkare joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) as a member of the 1982 batch (35RR). [8] Before becoming the ATS Chief of Maharashtra State in January 2008, he was the Joint Commissioner of Police (Administration) of Mumbai. [9] He also served seven years in Austria as an agent of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India's external ...
Maharashtra Police Headquarters building (formerly Royal Alfred Sailors' Home) is a Grade I listed UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Mumbai that was built between 1872 and 1876, and designed by the British architect Frederick William Stevens, who also designed the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. [1]
It was commissioned on 24 November 2009 on SRPF Ground of suburban Goregaon, Mumbai. The initial training of the unit was made under the help and supervision of Israeli Special Forces . From Maharashtra Police, 1996 batch IPS Officer Chiranjeev Prasad was tasked as SP- Force One and played a crucial role in raising the force.
An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1982 batch, Padsalgikar was on deputation to the central government in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) for a few years until he was named as the new Mumbai police commissioner in 30 January 2016 succeeding Ahmad Javed. He served as CP till 29 June 2018, when he was appointed as Maha DGP.