Rakesh Maria was appointed as Mumbai Police Commissioner in 2014 and then promoted to Director General of Home Guards in 2015. He served Mumbai Police for 36 years and retired in 2017. During his service, Rakesh has raised such flags that it is hardly possible for anyone to touch.

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When Rakesh Maria solved the blast case
In his book ‘Let me say it now’ Rakesh Maria wrote that Joint CP (Crime) Mahesh Narayan was also there when he reached Officer Samra’s house. That was the first time that he was in front of CP and Joint CP together. It was only 22 months since Rakesh Maria took over the job in Mumbai. But he was kept as the Investigation Officer of the Mumbai Serial Blast Case.

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When Sanjay Dutt came in possession of Rakesh Maria
When the police caught three people involved in the conspiracy, the name that came out after that was shocking because that name was that of actor Sanjay Dutt. Maria has also written about this in her book that after hearing this name, she did not believe that how? At that time, three AK-56 rifles, 25 hand grenades and a 9 mm pistol were found at Sanjay Dutt’s house.

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Sanjay Dutt’s arrest: Shocking
On 19 April 1993, Rakesh Maria arrested Sanjay Dutt as soon as he got off the flight. After this Sanjay Dutt got a big setback. Then Sanjay was constantly saying, ‘You can’t do this. My family is waiting. Let me meet you once.’ Then Maria told Sanjay Dutt, ‘You will tell your story yourself or I will tell.’ Sanjay Dutt was not ready to accept his mistake. But later Sanjay Dutt told the whole thing to Maria, for which he also served the punishment.

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Dawood and Tiger Menon Revealed
One night Rakesh Maria got the news that a van full of weapons had been found in Worli containing seven AK-56 assault rifles, 14 magazines, pistols and four hand grenades. It was also learned that the van is in the name of Rubina Suleiman Memon. This was the first time that Tiger Memon’s name was associated with the investigation of the blast and what happened after that is the story.