Overview
- An order issued on December 31 appointed the 1990-batch officer to a fixed two-year tenure irrespective of his retirement date.
- Date formally assumed office on January 3 at the state police headquarters, taking over from Rashmi Shukla following her retirement.
- He returns from serving as Director General of the National Investigation Agency after the Maharashtra government sought his repatriation.
- Recognised for leading the response at Mumbai’s Cama Hospital during the 26/11 attacks, he was awarded the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry.
- His career includes leading the ATS, heading Force One, serving as MBVV’s first police commissioner and Mumbai joint commissioner, and he holds a doctorate in economic offences and a Humphrey Fellowship.