In a major reshuffle, the chief minister of Maharashtra has transferred around 37 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of the Maharashtra police. Sources said the CM, who also holds the home portfolio, is upset with the police force over the lack of progress on the investigations into the murders of Narendra Dabholkar in Pune and Govind Pansare in Kolhapur. The Opposition has been gunning for the government over the slow movement of these cases.

However, the IPS lobby is happy that the transfers have come before the academic session begins in the state. Sources say that the earlier Congress-NCP dispensation used to delay police transfers, creating a lot of problems for the children of these top cops as far as school and college admissions are concerned.