The 46-member team that probed the 26/11 Mumbai terror has been awarded a paltry sum of Rs6.58 lakh and that too after four years, by the Maharashtra government
The 46-member team of the Mumbai crime branch that probed the 26/11 terror attack has finally been awarded Rs6.58 lakh by the Maharashtra government. This is a paltry amount compared with rewards given in other cases, and these cops are also denied a one-step promotion, as well. This also took the state government more than four years to clear the hurdles of rules and regulations.
Rakesh Maria, the then joint commissioner of police (crime) and Deven Bharati, the then additional commissioner of police (crime) and Ashok Durafe, retired assistant commissioner of police, have been rewarded with just meritorious certificates.
Inspector Ramesh Mahale, who was the chief investigating officer and put together the 11,350-page charge-sheet received Rs1 lakh, the highest cash award given by the state government. There are five senior police inspectors (SrPIs), including Mahale, 11 PIs, 10 assistant PIs, one police sub-inspector and 16 constables. The Mumbai police had formed 11 teams for the probe.
As per the government guidelines, no employee should be paid a cash award more than his/her total monthly salary. However, in this case the rule was amended.
The reward amount is too low compared with other rewards given by the government. For example, the investigating team probing journalist J Dey murder case got an award of Rs10 lakh from the state home ministry.
In another such case, Iqbal Shaikh, the now retired ACP, and his team was awarded Rs10 lakh in 1993 for recovering 1,400 kg of RDX from Mumbra and Kausa areas near Thane. The irony is he received the cash award 18 years after the announcement.
Here are the names and designations of the members from the 26/11 investigating team...
Sr. No | Name, designation | Award |
1 | Rakesh Maria (IPS), Addnl DG, (ATS) | Certificate |
2 | Deven Bharati (IPS), Addnl DG, (Law & Order) | Certificate |
3 | Ashok Durafe, ACP (retired) | Certificate |
4 | Ramesh Mahale (SrPI) | Rs1 lakh |
5 | Arun Chavan (SrPI) | Rs20,000 |
6 | Abdul Rauf Shaikh (SrPI) | Rs25,000 |
7 | Damodar Chaudhari (SrPI) | Rs10,000 |
8 | Vilasrao Wankhede (SrPI) | Rs5,000 |
9 | Prashant Marde (PI) | Rs40,000 |
10 | Dinesh Kadam (PI) | Rs20,000 |
11 | Dattatray Bhargude (PI) | Rs20,000 |
12 | Kundlik Nigade (PI) | Rs25,000 |
13 | Keshav Shengle (PI) | Rs25,000 |
14 | Shripad Kale (PI) | Rs25,000 |
15 | Vilas Gangawane (PI) | Rs25,000 |
16 | Ravindra Badgujar (PI) | Rs10,000 |
17 | Nandkumar Gopale (PI) | Rs10,000 |
18 | Ninad Sawant (PI) | Rs10,000 |
19 | Smt Shalini Sharma (PI) | Rs10,000 |
20 | Ashwanath Khedkar (API) | Rs15,000 |
21 | Vijay Shinde (API-retired) | Rs10,000 |
22 | Ajay Sawant (API) | Rs15,000 |
23 | Dnyaneshwar Wagh (API) | Rs15,000 |
24 | Pravin Kuyeskar (API) | Rs25,000 |
25 | Vilas Datir (API) | Rs10,000 |
26 | Vaibhav Dhumal (API) | Rs25,000 |
27 | Yogesh Chavan (API) | Rs10,000 |
28 | Padmakar Devre (API) | Rs10,000 |
29 | Mahammad Ajam Patel (API) | Rs10,000 |
30 | Pravin Prabhu (PSI) | Rs5,000 |
31 | Yasin Shaikh (Hawaldar) | Rs7,000 |
32 | Harishchandra Hake (Hawaldar) | Rs5,000 |
33 | Rajendra Yadav (Hawaldar) | Rs10,000 |
34 | Pralhad Madne (Hawaldar) | Rs7,000 |
35 | Shivaji Sawant (Hawaldar) | Rs7,000 |
36 | Vinod Kamble (Hawaldar) | Rs5,000 |
37 | Santosh Desai (Police Naik) | Rs25,000 |
38 | Girish Anerao (Police Naik) | Rs20,000 |
39 | Subhash Ghosalkar (Police Naik) | Rs5,000 |
40 | Chandrakant Raut (Police Naik) | Rs5,000 |
41 | Sharad Shinde (Constable) | Rs7,000 |
42 | Bhaskar Patole (Constable) | Rs5,000 |
43 | Rahuk Kamble (Constable) | Rs5,000 |
44 | Viresh Sawant (Constable) | Rs5,000 |
45 | Asam Farukhi (Constable) | Rs5,000 |
46 | Bhausaheb Gaikwad (Constable) | Rs5,000 |
| Total | Rs6.58 lakh |
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