Sanjay Barve, a 1987 batch IPS officer, took charge as the new commissioner of police, Mumbai, on Thursday. Former Police Commissioner Subodh Jaiswal is the new Director General of Police (DGP), Maharashtra, after Datta Padsalgikar's extension ended on Thursday. Barve was earlier Director General, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).

He has served the city as Deputy Commissioner of Police and as the Additional Director General. Barve has taken charge when the nation is on high alert after India's aerial strikes against terrorist havens in Pakistan, after the Pulwama terror attack last month.