India, Dec. 31 -- Former National Investigation Agency (NIA) director general Sadanand Date has been appointed as Maharashtra's director general of police (DGP) on a two-year term, the state government announced on Wednesday.

Date, a 1990 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, will take over from incumbent Rashmi Shukla when she steps down on January 3.

His appointment order from the home department, issued on Wednesday, stated that Date has been appointed to the post for two years, irrespective of his retirement date. He will turn 60 in December next year.

Date was the chief of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) until March 2024, when he moved to New Delhi to lead NIA, India's anti-terrorism agency. He was repatriated back...