IPS Rajnish Seth appointed as new DGP of Maharashtra
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Maharashtra government appointed IPS officer Rajnish Seth as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of the state.
The Maharashtra government on Friday appointed IPS officer Rajnish Seth as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of the state. Seth will replace acting DGP Sanjay Pandey.
DGP Seth, a 1988 cadre IPS officer replaced Sanjay Pandey, who held the additional charge of the post since April 9, 2021.
IPS Seth has served as Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) in Mumbai police and was previously posted as the director general of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).
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The new DGP was once the head of the elite commando force of Maharashtra Police Force One and was appointed as acting DGP in 2021 for a few days.
Bombay High Court recently pulled up the state government for favouring acting DGP Pandey for the post and had asked the state government to make an appointment for the post of DGP by February 21.
Sanjay Pandey, who is the managing director of the Maharashtra State Security Corporation, held the post of DGP as additional charge since last year, after the then state DGP Subodh Jaiswal was transferred to the CBI.
