In a major reshuffle of IPS officers, the Maharashtra Government on Monday appointed Vivek Phansalkar, a 1989 batch officer and currently joint Commissioner of Police (Administration), as Maharashtra’s new Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief in place of Himanshu Roy. Till recently a high-profile officer, Roy was shunted to a low-key posting as the Additional Director General of the Maharashtra Housing and Welfare Corporation.
In another important appointment made as part of the reshuffle of as many as 37 senior IPS officers, Nagpur Police Commissioner KK Pathak was transferred and posted as Pune’s new Police Commissioner in place of Satish Chandra Mathur, who was promoted and posted as Director General.(legal & Technical), Mumbai. Additional commissioner of police (economic offences wing), Rajvardhan, was promoted to the rank of Special IG and sent to Nagpur as a joint commissioner of police. Deven Bharati, special IG (law and order), would be the new joint Commissioner of Police (law and order), Mumbai, while Dhananjay Kamlakar, joint CP (law and order) will be joint CP (economic offences wing).