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00:00Who is Sanjay Verma, the new DGP of Maharashtra?
00:09Maharashtra Police Chief changed before Assembly elections.
00:12IPS Sanjay Kumar Verma appointed as the new DGP of Maharashtra ahead of the Assembly elections,
00:19replacing Rashmi Shukla.
00:23Sanjay Verma, a 1990 batch IPS officer, Sanjay Verma, a 1990 batch IPS officer, previously
00:33served as Director General of Legal and Technical.
00:37He replaces Rashmi Shukla, removed on EC orders.
00:43Allegations against Rashmi Shukla by the opposition.
00:47Opposition parties accused Rashmi Shukla of recording phone calls and framing opposition
00:52party workers in false cases, demanding her removal.
00:58Three IPS officers' names sent to EC for DGP post.
01:01The Election Commission asked the Chief Secretary to send a panel of three IPS officers for
01:06the DGP post, from which Sanjay Verma was approved.
01:12Sanjay Kumar Verma's tenure as DGP.
01:15Verma's tenure extends until April 2028, taking over from Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek
01:20Phansalkar.
01:22Verma has a notable police career.
01:26Experience of Maharashtra's new DGP, he led the SAT investigating the 2015 murder of communist
01:33leader and rationalist Govind Panseer.
01:38Maharashtra's first woman DGP, Rashmi Shukla, a 1980, 8-batch IPS officer, became Maharashtra's
01:46first woman DGP in January this year.
01:51FIR against Rashmi Shukla dismissed by HC.
01:54Two FIR against her for recording opposition leaders' calls were later dismissed by the
01:59Bombay High Court.
02:03EC removed Shukla after opposition complaint.
02:06The EC directed the Chief Secretary to hand over Shukla's charge to the next senior-most
02:10IPS officer.