Arup Patnaik, Mumbai police commissioner, shifted

August 23, 2012

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Mumbai, August 23: Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik, who was facing flak over the August 11 Azad Maidan violence in the city, has been transferred, Home Minister R R Patil said here today.

Patnaik has been promoted as Director General and posted as Managing Director of Maharashtra State Security RPT Security (MSSC), Patil told PTI.

Senior IPS officer Satyapal Singh has been appointed as the new Mumbai Commissioner of Police, the minister said.

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