Days After New Mumbai Police Chief's Takeover, 86 Cops Transferred

The transfers took place last evening, after Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh met with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

A week after Hemant Nagrale replaced Param Bir Singh as Mumbai's police chief, 86 police officers have been transferred. A former colleague of controversial police officer Sachin Waze, questioned recently by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), is among them. The transfers took place last evening, after Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh met with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. This was the first meeting between the two since Mr Deshmukh was accused of corruption by Param Bir Singh, the sacked Mumbai Police commissioner. This is the latest fallout of the Mukesh Ambani bomb scare case, which started with an abandoned car with explosives found near the home of India's richest man on February 25 and has since shaken up Mumbai's police and the Maharashtra coalition government. Sachin Waze, the first police officer to the spot after the car was found, was arrested and is being investigated by the NIA.