Param Bir Singh shunted, Hemant Nagrale to be new Mumbai Police chief

Hemant Nagrale has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Mumbai Police

Maharashtra's Maha Vikas Aghadi government on Wednesday removed Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh in the wake of the sensational incident of a bomb scare near the residence of India’s top businessman Mukesh Ambani and the murder of SUV owner Mansukh Hiren.

Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze, who worked with the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the Crime Branch-CID of Mumbai Police, has been arrested by NIA and ATS, respectively, in the two cases.

Director-General of Police Hemant Nagarale has been appointed the new Mumbai Police chief.

The decisions were taken after a series of meetings presided over by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray over the past three days. State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh made the announcement.

Singh has been made the head of the Civil Defence Force. Senior IPS officer Rajneesh Seth, who is the Director-General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, has been given the acting DGP.

Sanjay Pande would be the new Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Maharashtra State Security Corporation.