Senior IPS officer Sanjay Pandey has been appointed as acting Director General of Police (DGP), Maharashtra on Friday. The recent order has been issued by the Home Department. Mr. Pandey is a 1986 batch IPS officer and was posted as the DG of Maharashtra State Security Corporation in the last reshuffle. Now he will hold the additional charge of DGP, Maharashtra.
Before him, Hemant Nagrale held the additional charge of state DGP. Then he was transferred as the Mumbai Police Commissioner and that charge was given to DG, Anti-Corruption Bureau Rajnish Seth. Mr. Seth is a 1988 batch IPS officer and junior to Pandey. Mr. Pandey said that he would move the Bombay High Court to challenge Seth’s appointment as DGP.
