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The Hindu
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Shoumojit Banerjee

Rashmi Shukla becomes Maharashtra’s first woman Director General of Police

Rashmi Shukla Police Devendra Fadnavis Maharashtra MVA Bharatiya Janata Party Eknath Shinde Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray CBI

The Maharashtra government on Thursday appointed 1988 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Rashmi Shukla as the Director General of Police. Ms. Shukla became the first woman police officer to hold the top police post in the State.

She takes over from another 1988 IPS batch officer Rajnish Seth, who retired last week to take charge as chairman of the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC). Mumbai police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar has been holding additional charge as Maharashtra DGP Maharashtra since Mr. Seth retired on December 31.

Ms. Shukla was on Central deputation heading the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) – the border guarding force, before her latest appointment as Maharashtra DGP. Prior to this, she was appointed as Additional Director-General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in February 2021.

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