Despite having faced an embarrassment earlier in police transfers and promotions, the Maharashtra government seems to have learnt little as it on Thursday again faced with humiliation of staying the transfers through promotion of five IPS officials within 12 hours of announcement.
While the State government maintained silence on the reasons, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reiterated the allegations of scam in the transfers. According to sources, within the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, Thane district guardian Minister and Urban Development Department (UDD) Minister Eknath Shinde was unhappy for not being consulted on the five transfers.
On Thursday, the State Home Department stayed the promotion of five IPS officials — Rajendra Mane as Addl. Commissioner of Police, Thane city from DCP, State intelligence, Mumbai; Mahesh Patil as Addl. Commissioner of Police, (Traffic), Mumbai from DCP, Mira Road–Bhayander, Vasai–Virar police commissionerate; Sanjay Jadhav as Addl. Commissioner of Police (Admin), Thane city from SP, Highway Patrol, Pune; Panjabrao Ugale as Addl. Commissioner of Police, Local Arms, Mumbai from SP, Anti–Corruption Bureau, Thane and Dattatraya Shinde as Addl. Commissioner of Police, Law & Order, Mumbai from SP, Palghar.
