Thane Joint Commissioner of Police V V Laxminarayana was transferred as Additional Director General of Police, Administration, and Ashutosh Dumbre was appointed in his place.

Laxminarayana was very popular among Thane residents as he had brought under control corruption and bar owners, especially dance bar owners were afraid of him and he was the one whose efforts had led to the arrest of four corporators in builder Suraj Parmar's suicide case.