Azad maidan fallout: Mumbai police commissioner Arup Patnaik transferred

Yangon : Myanmar | Aug 23, 2012 at 3:30 AM PDT

Source: Daily News & Analysis

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Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik, who was facing flak over the August 11 Azad Maidan violence in the city, has been transferred, Home Minister RR Patil said here today...Senior IPS officer Satyapal Singh has been appointed as the new Mumbai Commissioner of Police, the minister said. FULL ARTICLE AT Daily News & Analysis

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