India, May 18 -- In a significant bureaucratic reshuffle ahead of local body polls, the Maharashtra home department on Friday evening announced the transfer and promotion of several senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers. Sandeep Singh Gill, currently serving as deputy commissioner of police (zone I) in Pune city, is now appointed as the new rural Pune superintendent of police (SP); and Pankaj Deshmukh, currently serving as Pune rural SP, is the new additional commissioner.

As part of the reshuffle, 14 superintendents of police (SPs) from the SP cadre have been promoted to the rank of deputy inspector general of police (DIG). Among them, Deshmukh and wireless police division SP Rajesh Bansode have been promoted and appointed as addi...