Mumbai set to get new police commissioner

Mumbai | Sunday | 10th February, 2019

Summary:

He had in the past served as joint commissioner of police (Traffic) in Mumbai and State Intelligence Department commissioner. AdvertisingCurrent Mumbai Police commissioner Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, a 1985-batch officer who will become the seniormost officer in the state after Padsalgikar retires, is set to replace him as DGP. Param Bir Singh, currently the additional director general (Law and Order), was earlier the Thane Police commissioner. A three-month extension given to Padsalgikar, a 1982-batch officer, is set to end this month. The process of shortlisting officers for the post of the next Mumbai Police commissioner is underway after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) rejected the Maharashtra government’s proposal for a two-year extension to current Director General of Police D D Padsalgikar..