India, May 17 -- Mumbai has got its first joint commissioner of police (intelligence) in a series of transfers of senior IPS officers announced on Friday. Heading the city's intelligence operations is Arti Singh, a 2006 batch IPS officer.

This is Mumbai's sixth post of joint commissioner, a post added to the city police force to strengthen intelligence gathering. It was created by downgrading the post of special commissioner, of the rank of additional director general (ADG). That post was held by Deven Bharti, who was promoted as Mumbai's commissioner of police on April 1.

In addition, several additional commissioners and deputy inspectors-general have also been transferred. Ratnagiri superintendent of police (SP) Dhananjay Kulkarni was...