The Mumbai Police has the task of policing the vast metropolitan area of Mumbai, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ... Mumbai (Hindi/Marathi: मà¥à¤‚बई) (pronounced ), formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and the most populous city of India, with an estimated population of about 13 million (as of 2006)[1]. Mumbai is located on Salsette Island, off the west coast of Maharashtra. ...
Mumbai Police has been itself involved in a lot cases of crime, which includes serious offences like rape, extortion, fake police encounter, rampant human right violation, and massive corruption involving all of the Mumbai Police.
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1661 - The Portuguese establish a police outpost in Mumbai.
1669 - Catherine Grand, Governor of Bombay, organises the Bhandari Militia with Subhedars headquartered at Mahim, Sewree and Sion.
In repeatedly selecting Mumbai as the scene of the crime, the terrorist organizations behind these activities seem to be sending a clear message: look, we have succeeded in bringing your most affluent city to its knees.
With posts from that of commissioner of police to a constable on sale and transfers and promotions available at a price, policemen are more concerned with trying to get their investment back than with their duties as enforcers of the law.
He is directly in charge of the functioning of the MumbaiPolice and it is said that his writ runs large in all matters pertaining to the functioning of this department.
While the police have suspended the constable and his superior, charged the former under the criminal law and remanded him to police custody, what has angered people in the city is the attitude of the police.
Mumbai'sPolice Commissioner A.N. Roy pleaded with the media not to paint the entire police force fl because of one incident of a deviant policeman.
Given this history, it is remarkable that senior officers in the Mumbaipolice suggest that this is just a single incident and have not used this criminal action by a man in uniform to reassure the public that they will investigate the inherent problems that are embedded in policing and the police force.
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