Mumbai: am not thinking of resigning. Reports saying so are not true,” Maria said this morning. There was speculation after Maria’s sudden promotion that he might resign from the post as he was apparently unhappy with the action.
Maria, who was heading the high-profile Sheena Bora murder case and had interrogated the accused, was shunted out of the post and promoted as Director General of Police Home Guards.
He was replaced by Ahmed Javed, a DG-rank official, who took over as Mumbai Police Commissioner in the upgraded post. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had cleared both the appointments before he left for Japan on Monday night.
However, after the sudden action that created quite a flutter, the Maharashtra government climbed down in the evening and said he would continue to “supervise” the probe. The decision came under attack from opposition Congress and NCP.
In his removal as chief of the Mumbai police today, Rakesh Maria managed an enviable feat – an unexpected twist, so typical of the Sheena Bora murder investigation, which he has frontlined.
Hours after announcing that Maria, 58, was no longer police commissioner; the Maharashtra government said that he would keep charge of the inquiry that has transfixed many for a fortnight. Sources said the government did not want to be seen as staging an intervention in a case that’s already commissioned plenty of controversy.
Bureau Report
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