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Newly-appointed Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale addresses a press conference at Police Headquarters, in Mumbai, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. PTI
Vibha Sharma
New Delhi, March 17
With the NIA zeroing on controversial Mumbai cop Sachin Vaze (now suspended) and the opposition BJP on Wednesday alluding “betting and extortion links between him and important persons in the government”, trouble is mounting for the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Aghadi in Maharashtra.
Under flak over “mishandling” of the bomb scare outside billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s residence, the Maharashtra government today replaced Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh with senior IPS officer Hemant Nagrale.
“Big decision of the government. Shri Hemant Nagrale will be the new Mumbai Police Commissioner. Shri Rajnish Seth will have the additional charge of the post of Director General of Police, Maharashtra.”