India, Dec. 13 -- The state government has approved the Mumbai Police's proposal to establish four new police stations in the city raising the total number of police stations from 100 to 104. To staff these new stations, the state has also created 1,448 posts for officers, with every police station to have around 362 personnel each.

According to officials, the new police jurisdictions will be created by reorganising existing boundaries. A new Maharashtra Nagar police station will be created by carving out areas from Bhandup and Parksite-Vikhroli police stations in the eastern suburbs. Golibar police station will come up in areas currently covered by Vakola and Nirmal Nagar in the western suburbs. Madh Marve police station will be formed ...