In a development that triggered protests by the Opposition parties, the Maharashtra Government on Wednesday appointed senior IPS officer and Additional Director-General of Police Deven Bharati as the ‘Special Commissioner of Police’ for Mumbai.
The development came just six months after senior police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar was appointed as the new Police Commissioner of Mumbai.
A 1994 batch IPS officer, Bharti, had earlier held several top assignments including Joint Commissioner of Police, Additional Commissioner of Police, head of Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) and Joint Managing Director of Maharashtra State Security Corporation.