Hailed as a 26/11 hero, Date earlier served as the Director General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and was recently repatriated to the Maharashtra cadre. Pics/Sameer Abedi
The Maharashtra government had on Wednesday appointed Sadanand Vasant Date, a 1990-batch IPS officer, as the new Director General of Police (DGP) and Head of Police Force (HoPF) of the state
Date's appointment comes as the tenure of the incumbent DGP, Rashmi Shukla, ended on January 3, 2026
Rashmi Shukla, Maharashtra's first woman Director General of Police (DGP), retired on Saturday, having completed 37 and a half years in the Indian Police Service
Sadanand Date is a 1990-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. In his career so far, he has held several key positions in the Maharashtra Police
During his tenure with the Mumbai Police, he served as Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order). He also held charge as the Commissioner of Police of the Mira-Bhayandar Police Commissionerate
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