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Deven Bharti appointed as Special Commissioner of Mumbai Police

Updated on: 04 January,2023 04:06 PM IST  |  Mumbai
Faizan Khan | faizan.khan@mid-day.com

The special Mumbai Police commissioner post has been created for the first time by the state government

Deven Bharti appointed as Special Commissioner of Mumbai Police

Deven Bharti. File Pic

The Maharashtra Home Department on Wednesday appointed 1994 batch IPS officer Deven Bharti as a special commissioner of Mumbai Police.


The special Mumbai Police commissioner post has been created for the first time by the state government.


Senior IPS officer, Deven Bharti was earlier posted as Joint Commissioner, Law and Order, Mumbai Police, Joint CP, EOW and Additional CP Crime Branch in Mumbai.


He had also headed the Maharashtra ATS previously.

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During Maha Vikas Aghadi government, Deven Bharti was appointed as joint managing director of Maharashtra State Security Corporation. Bharti was replaced by joint commissioner (traffic) Rajvardhan on December 13.

Bharti was also part of some of the top investigations in the city including some of the high-profile cases in Mumbai. He was part of the team that investigated the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, the murder of mid-day's Senior Crime Editor J Dey.

He was also one of the officers whom the state government trusted to execute capital punishment to 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Qasab.

Bharti is also known for breaking the backbone of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen in the state.

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