Mumbai: Sanjay Kumar Verma was on Tuesday appointed because the state’s new Director Basic of Police (DGP) instead of Rashmi Shukla, who was eliminated on a directive of the Election Fee of India (ECI), an official stated.
Verma, serving as Director Basic – Authorized and Technical, is a 1990-batch IPS officer. He’s set to retire in April 2028, the official stated.
Forward of the November 20 Maharashtra meeting polls, the ECI on Monday ordered that Shukla be eliminated because the state police chief with speedy impact following complaints from opposition events.
Shukla was the primary lady DGP of Maharashtra.
The Congress had approached the EC looking for Shukla’s switch, citing her alleged function in tapping telephones of opposition politicians.
Verma will take cost of the publish from Mumbai Commissioner of Police Vivek Phansalkar, who was given further cost as DGP on Monday.
Verma had headed a Particular Investigation Group (SIT) which performed a probe into the killing of communist chief and rationalist Govind Pansare in 2015.
The ballot physique on Monday directed the Maharashtra chief secretary at hand over Shukla’s cost to the subsequent senior-most IPS officer within the cadre.
The chief secretary was additionally directed to ship a panel of three IPS officers by Tuesday afternoon for appointment as DGP.
The ECI thought of the panel and authorised Verma’s identify and the state authorities appointed him because the DGP of Maharashtra, the official stated.
