In a major administrative reshuffle in Maharashtra, the Eknath Shinde-led government has transferred and promoted 30 IPS officers, three of whom were promoted to the director general of police (DGP) rank.
Senior IPS officer Manoj Lohiya has been transferred as the police commissioner of Aurangabad city replacing Nikhil Gupta. While Senior IPS officer KMM Prasanna will serve as IG establishment at the Maharashtra Police Headquarters.
As per the order issued by the State Home Department, senior IPS officers Sadanand Date, Jaijeet Singh and Bipin Kumar Singh have been promoted to the rank of DGP.
The 1990 batch IPS officer Date, who is heading the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), is now the director general of the squad. While IPS officer Jaijeet Singh is currently serving as Thane police commissioner, and Bipin Kumar Singh, additional director general of the Economic Offences Wing, has been made the managing director of Maharashtra State Security Corporation.
At least 12 officers, who were serving as deputy inspectors general (DIG) and additional commissioners of police, have been promoted to the inspector general of police (IGP) rank, as per order. These officers include Mumbai Police’s Central Region Additional Commissioner Anil Kumbhare, who has been promoted to IG, ATS.
Additional CP (Crime) Dnyaneshwar Chavan has been promoted as IG, Aurangabad Range, while Additional CP Dilip Sawant has been made IG, coastal security. Nisar Tamboli is now IG administration in the Maharashtra Police Headquarters, the order stated.
IPS officers Abhivan Deshmukh, Anil Paraskar, M Ramkumar and Shashi Kumar Meena have been promoted as additional commissioners of police, while Deepak Sakore has been transferred as additional commissioner (crime) in Navi Mumbai Police, the order stated.
