The transfer of Superintendent of Pune Rural Police Sandeep Karnik to Mumbai was announced yesterday.
The transfer of Superintendent of Pune Rural Police Sandeep Karnik to Mumbai was announced yesterday. The officer, caught in a controversy since the police firing on farmers agitating in Maval on August 9, had sought a transfer days after Home Minister R R Patil ordered an inquiry by a retired judge into the incident.
Change of guard: The August 25 MiD DAY report on SP Sandip Karnik
seeking a transfer
Shahaji S Solunke, who is Karnik's replacement
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Aurangabad SP S S Solunke will take charge as Pune SP now. Additional Secretary (Home) confirmed that SP Karnik had been transferred to Mumbai. "The Commissioner of Mumbai will take a decision on which post is to be given to Karnik considering the vacant posts for deputy commissioner in Mumbai," he said. "The decision was taken as Karnik had sought transfer."