Maharashtra government appoints Vivek Phansalkar as new Mumbai Police Commissioner

Maharashtra Government today appointed senior IPS officer Vivek Phansalkar as Mumbai Police Commissioner. Outgoing CP Sanjay Pandey is scheduled to retire tomorrow. Phansalkar is a 1989-batch IPS officer.

Phansalkar was serving as the DG and MD of the Police Housing and Welfare Corporation, before his appointment as the Mumbai CP.

In his long career, Phansalkar has served as Thane Police Commissioner, Additional DGP, Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Anti-Terrorism Squad, Joint Police Commissioner in Mumbai (Crime and Administration), Director Vigilance of Cotton Corporation of India, ADC to former Governor P.C. Alexander, and in Superintendent of Police rank in various districts.