The Maharashtra government has reinstated IPS officer Rashmi Shukla as the Director General of Police (DGP) following the conclusion of the assembly elections, according to an order issued by the state home department on Monday evening.

Shukla had been removed from her post as DGP prior to the elections on the directive of the Election Commission of India (ECI). During this period, Sanjay Kumar Verma, another senior officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS), had taken charge as the state's top police officer. This move came after demands from the Congress party, which had called for Shukla to be shunted out of her position ahead of the polls.