Mumbai’s new top cop had played key role during 26/11 attacks

Senior IPS officer Hemant Nagrale, who was on Wednesday appointed as the new law enforcement commissioner of Mumbai, experienced played an important role in the course of the 26/eleven assaults as he experienced recovered a bag that contains RDX in south Mumbai, which he experienced shifted to a safer spot.

Nagrale was on deputation as director of vigilance at the Maharashtra Point out Energy Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) at that time and applied to reside at the law enforcement quarters in Colaba area, which was specific by the terrorists.

“Throughout the terror assaults, Nagrale stepped out of his home on his have in get to assist. When he attained the area of Hotel Taj, which experienced been attacked by the terrorists, he observed a bag that contains RDX lying close by. He quickly took it to a safer spot and therefore saved several lives,” a law enforcement official reported.

The 1987-batch officer later termed the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), he reported.

Along with 4 other policemen, Nagrale then entered the Hotel Taj, wherever they also assisted in rescuing a number of injured persons and shifting them to hospitals. They also took several bodies out.

Nagrale, an avid golfer and a tennis participant, is a recipient of the President’s Law enforcement Medal, Vishesh Seva Padak and Antarik Suraksha Padak.

Throughout his tenure as Special IGP (Administration) in the DG place of work, he revamped the