Mumbai: In a significant restructuring of the Maharashtra police force, senior IPS officer Arti Singh has been appointed as Mumbai’s first joint commissioner of police (intelligence). Singh, a 2006 batch officer, will take charge of the newly created sixth joint commissioner post in the city’s police hierarchy, designed to strengthen intelligence-gathering capabilities.
An official confirmed that the new position was created by downgrading the post of special commissioner, earlier held at the additional director general (ADG) level.
Alongside Singh’s appointment, the state government has issued transfer and promotion orders affecting several senior officers, including a dozen DIG-rank officials and 14 superintendents of police who have been promoted as DIGs.
According to the state government’s order, Anil Paraskar, who was additional commissioner of Mumbai’s Central Region, has been transferred to the Protection and Security department in the force. The current Additional CP (Protection and Security), Vinita Sahu, has been transferred to Local Arms. Shailesh Balkawade, who was additional CP (Crime) in Pune, has been transferred as additional CP (Crime) in Mumbai.
Officials said that Shashi Kumar Meena, additional CP (Crime), has been posted as additional CP (North Region) in Mumbai. Pravin Patil, who was serving in Pune, has been shifted to Nagpur as additional CP. Pramod Shewale, who was additional CP in Nagpur, has been made DIG in the state Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS). S T Rathod, who was also additional CP in Nagpur, has been posted as DIG, Anti Narcotics Task Force.
Pune’s additional CP, Arvind Chawariya, has been appointed as Amravati police commissioner, with the post being downgraded. Similarly, Rakesh Kalasagar, commandant of the State Reserve Police Force in Amravati, has been made Mumbai railway police commissioner, another downgraded post.
Ratnagiri SP Dhananjay Kulkarni has been promoted and posted as additional CP (Special Branch) in Mumbai. Nashik Rural SP Vikram Deshmane will take charge as the new additional CP of Mumbai’s Central Region.
Rajendra Dabhade, earlier SP for Protection of Civil Rights, has been promoted and appointed as additional CP in Nagpur.
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