Mumbai: Rakesh Maria, an officer of the 1981 IPS batch, appointed as the police chief of Mumbai.
The appointment of Maria to the sensitive post comes 15 days after the voluntary retirement of former city police chief Satyapal Singh.
An official said that the appointment of Maria has been followed a late night meeting between Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Home Minister R.R. Patil.
Notify that Singh had tendered his resignation from the post and sought voluntary retirement as he plans to contest the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
Maria comes with a rich experience of handling anti-terror operations starting with the probes in March 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, the 2003 twin terror blasts and later investigating the 26/11 terror attacks.
Bureau Report
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