India, March 17 -- Under flak for 'mishandling' of the Sachin Vaze case and the Bomb scare outside Mukesh Ambani's house, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday shunted out Param Bir Singh from his post of Commissioner of Police.

Senior IPS officer Hemant Nagrale, holding additional charge of Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP), will be the new Mumbai Police Commissioner and replace Singh, who has been posted to the state Home Guard, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said.

Deshmukh, who met Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray earlier in the day, made the announcement on Twitter amid speculation in media over Singh's handling of the Sachin Vaze episode.

Vaze is at the focus of a probe by the National Investigating Agency in a case r...