Updated On: 16 May, 2025 08:23 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
In Mumbai, intelligence gathering is done by the Special Branch, which is headed by an additional commissioner (deputy inspector general rank) who reports to the joint commissioner (law and order)

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An official on Thursday said that the Mumbai police will get a sixth joint commissioner post, which will oversee intelligence gathering, reported news agency PTI.
The decision was taken by the Maharashtra government in the aftermath of the recent India-Pakistan military conflict, he added.