Vasant Dhoble

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  Car Stolen Right Under Noses of 50 Cops and 2 Police Stations in Mumbai

  A businessman, who had parked his car outside Malad police station and gone in to file a complaint, was shocked to find it missing; the Bangur Nagar police station is also right next door, but no cop noticed the theft

• The secret life of police informers, the men who know too much

  The case of ex-police informer Ramchandra Chatri, who used his decade-long stint with the police to extort money from actor Salman Khan's lawyer, brings to light the murky relationship between informers and cops.

• Mumbai cop Vasant Dhoble transferred after vendor dies during anti-hawking drive

  A day after the anti-hawking drive during which a street vendor died in Mumbai, Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhoble has been transferred pending a CID inquiry.

• 'Before pubs, install CCTVs at government offices'

  In a tit-for-tat move against the Mumbai police, anti-Dhoble protesters and partygoers now want CCTV cameras to be installed in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) headquarters and Vidhan Bhavan. The protesters have started a signature campaign following the demands made by the Mumbai police for installing CCTV cameras in pubs and discotheques...

• ACP Dhoble is back: Now, hawkers accuse him of harassment

  Based on the recent complaint filed by Dayashankar Singh-led Azad Hawkers Union (AHU), it seems that Vasant Dhoble, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) for Vakola division, lacks respect for Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's request.

• Mumbai's controversial cop Vasant Dhoble transferred

  Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vasant Dhoble has been transferred out of the Social Service branch of the Mumbai Police. Mr Dhoble will now be the ACP of Vakola division in western suburban Mumbai.

• When thieves stole Mumbai controversial cop Vasant Dhoble's slippers

  While bar owners and patrons shake in their boots on hearing the name of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vasant Dhoble, a few petty thieves were having a hearty laugh when they stole the bar raiding cop's shoes.

• Controversial cop Vasant Dhoble's wings clipped?

  Mumbai's new Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh has asked Vasant Dhoble, the city's controversial Assistant Police Commissioner, to report to the Crime Branch, and not to him directly. Mr Dhoble heads the Mumbai Police's Social Service department and reported directly to the previous police commissioner Arup Patnaik.

• Mumbai cop Dhoble finds 37 bar girls at airport

  A Social Service (SS) branch team headed by ACP Vasant Dhoble last evening busted a flesh trade syndicate and rescued 37 Mumbai-based bar girls who were about to board a flight to Dubai from Delhi. The women were set to take an Air India flight at 8.25 pm from Indira Gandhi International Airport.

• The other 'Dhoble' you didn't know

  Almost everyone in the after-dark party circuit is familiar with Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhoble's reputation and rigidness, but another name has been long ignored, though the individual's track record deserves accolades.

• Mumbai Police Commissioner says follow Dhoble's footsteps

  Establishments serving liquor and entertainment in the form of live orchestras, bar dancers and other such activities have much more to worry about, after the commissioner of police issued a new set of stringent orders to his subordinates last week.

• Vasant Dhoble strikes again, arrests 31 in raid on a Mumbai bar

  Mumbai Police's social service branch, which is headed by hockey stick-wielding cop Vasant Dhoble, raided a bar in suburban Mumbai on Friday night. The raid was conducted on Sangam Bar in Malad and the police say 14 bar girls were rescued and 28 customers and three employees of the bar were arrested. They have been booked under various sections of...

• Has Mumbai cop Dhoble been asked to be more cautious?

  Assistant Commissioner of Police (Social Service Branch) Vasant Dhoble, the policeman whose job is secure largely due to the unwavering trust the police commissioner has in his policing style, has been told to cool it for a few days. Till Tuesday to be precise, as Arup Patnaik, commissioner of Mumbai police, is in the United States of America on of...

• After nightclubs, now spas on cops' radar

  As the pro and anti-Dhoble parties continue to seek their own justice, another establishment in the city came under the police's axe last week. Instead of the usual targets of nightclubs or restaurants, this time it was a spa whose owner was allegedly abused by the police, while her shop was vandalised in broad daylight.

• Industrialist offers this video as "evidence" against Dhoble

  Mumbai police officer Vasant Dhoble and his infamous raids, often conducted while he wields a hockey stick or a camera, have provoked much anger among Mumbai residents who accuse him of imposing archaic laws and tearing into the cosmopolitan night-life that Mumbai is known for.