Overview
- He took over on January 3 at the state police headquarters following the retirement of Rashmi Shukla, the state’s first woman DGP.
- The 1990-batch officer was appointed on December 31 after being repatriated from the NIA at the Maharashtra government’s request.
- He begins a two-year tenure leading a force of more than two lakh personnel, with the term set irrespective of his retirement date.
- Date is known for his frontline role during the 26/11 attacks at Mumbai’s Cama Hospital and later received the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry.
- His record includes leading the Maharashtra ATS, serving as Mumbai Joint Commissioner for Law and Order and Crime, CBI DIG and CRPF IG (Operations), and he holds a doctorate in economic offences.